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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1863 or 1864
When the late Muhammad Shah's sisters visited Nasir al-Din Shah, Sahib Khanum asked Mahd-i ‘Ulya, in the presence of Anis al-Dawlah, to convey her plea to Nasir al-Din Shah. She claimed that her share of Punak property, now seized by Asif al-Dawlah and his sons, was her wedding gift from Zill al-Sultan. She was deprived of the property interest that she relied on for her family expenses. The houses in the property were destroyed and she was not given any compensation, which even Mirza Taqi Khan had stated was her right. Also, she only received two hundred tumans from the five hundred tumans...
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Copies of letters by Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam Farahani
These writings include: a note on how Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam's writing to his wife, Shahzadah Khanum, are written in humor; receipt of two payments: two thousand and four hundred and twenty tumans and one thousand and three hundred and forty tumans; a note from the copyist; addressed to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch about the disapproval of the Shah and Shahzadah Mirza Tahmasb regarding the divorce of his wife; from Khurasan to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch in Tabriz, informing her on Amirzadah Khusraw Mirza's travel to Tabriz, asking her to write him about the state of the household, the yard, the...
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Miscellaneous letters of Amjad al-Vizarah
Miscellaneous letters of Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami (Amjad al-Vizarah), including letters from Mirza Abu Turab, Majd al-Islam, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ashraf al-Sadat, Manizhah Safdari Qajar (wife of Amjad al-Vizarah), ʻAziz Kashi(?), Khanum Khanumha, Muhibb ʻAli to Amjad al-Vizarah, and his letters to Bisharat al-Dawlah and his sister Fakhri Muʻazzam.
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Copies of letters by Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam Farahani
These writings include: a note on how Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam's writing to his wife, Shahzadah Khanum, are written in humor; receipt of two payments: two thousand and four hundred and twenty tumans and one thousand and three hundred and forty tumans; a note from the copyist; addressed to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch about the disapproval of the Shah and Shahzadah Mirza Tahmasb regarding the divorce of his wife; from Khurasan to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch in Tabriz, informing her on Amirzadah Khusraw Mirza's travel to Tabriz, asking her to write him about the state of the household, the yard, the...
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Correspondence of I‘timad al-Atibba’ (Sultan al-Atibba’) and his son Mu‘tamad al-Sultan
Correspondence of I‘timad al-Atibba’ (Sultan al-Atibba’) and his son Mu‘tamad al-Sultan, including several letters concerning family, business, and household affairs.
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Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk love letters, 1909 to 1910
Love letters of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash), son of Karim Dad Khan, to Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Zarrin Kulah Khanum and Khazin al-Mulk, accompanied by some envelopes and part of a letter, probably from Surur al-Saltanah to Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk. These letters were most likely written during the time between their ‘Aqd (formal contract of marriage) and ‘Arusi (marriage celebration and consummation), while Surur al-Saltanah was living in Tehran and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk was traveling between Tehran and Khurasan; the letters have also been separately included in this collection;...
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Correspondence related to Siqat al-Saltanah Saduqi and Mirza Isma‘il Khan Saduqi, 1924-1925
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Letters from Nizam al-Saltanah to Riza Quli Khan Mafi
Letters from Husayn Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi to his nephew Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi regarding the political situation of the country; his marital life; requesting food from Tehran; sending a horse to Sardar Arfa‘; sending Qavam al-Dawlah's documents; the cook's complaints and the price of goods; management and selling of his property to pay for his debts; the animosity of ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak Amin al-Sultan; his intention to travel to England; his son, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan and his travel to Belgium; insecurity in the borders of Azarbayjan; his relations with the...
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