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About receiving the envelopes addressed to Aqa-yi Muqtadir and Muntasir; in response to the addressee's request for a list of household expenses, the writer states that there is no such account, as no one has recorded the expenses and that the small debts have been paid off, except for that of Haji Isma‘il, which will be paid soon; points out the difference between their account and that of Haji Mir Muhammad and blames the addressee for the ambiguity; discusses paying two of the household's fifteen tumans to Fatimah Khanum; reassures the addressee that bread will be provided to the...
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Letters, 1904
The first letter, dated March 10, 1904, is about departing from Pusht-i Misar, getting the list of pottery makers from Haji Mirza Yahya, the well-being of people of the andarun, whose letters are enclosed, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa's recovery and the decrease of the epidemic in the city, the rain and cooling of the weather, and requesting an almond-shaped agate seal. Another letter, in which the writer refers to the addressee's letter from the previous month, is about Aqa Kuchak's recovery and the decrease of the epidemic, the Shah's visit to the city for the Salam ceremony, sending four mans [unit...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar; reporting: Mirza Abu Turab Khan's study of the Gulistan; taking 25 tumans from Shahzadah Dara and giving it to Mirza Abu Turab Khan's mother, who gave 5 tumans to the writer and spent the rest for a Rawzah Khvani ceremony, etc; Sitvat al-Saltanah sending a lamb for Mirza Abu Turab Khan; Muhammad ‘Ali's stipend; Mirza Abu Turab Khan's mother asking the addressee to write to Mashhadi Muhammad Aqa asking to give them 15 tumans as a monthly allowance for household expenses, the allowances of Mahdi Khan and Hasan Khan, the servants' stipends,...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope sealed by Hamid [Hamid al-Sultan?], addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar; the letter is possibly from ‘Amid Lashkar's mother; about her concern for his illness, sending promissory notes via Isma‘il, conveying greetings on behalf of Buyuk Khanum, Raziyah, and Hamid, paying back the debt to Karbalayi Hasan, calculating the interest for the thirty tumans, asking for flour and gifts for children, and sending ‘Abd Allah Khan's sardari [overcoat] in Hajiyah Khanum's package [wrapping cloth].
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, about her recovery and Nasir al-Mamalik’s instruction to drink milk and take phenacetin, Husayn finding out about his mother’s death and stopping his wedding, complaining about Husayn, payment of debts, asking to sew the cushions, and sending eight pairs of socks, from which the two smaller pairs belong to Qamar al-Muluk and the rest are for Khanum Buzurg and Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan.
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, in which he talks about her pregnancy and taking care of herself when she is due, sending three female slaves for her, Husayn Khan’s marriage date, sending ghee and rice, not having a cook due to Husayn’s illness, approving Qamar al-Muluk’s decision to not kick out Khatun in fear of her curse, ordering Ni‘mat Allah to punish Muhammad the stableboy, the escape of Farrukh, a male slave, to the city to see his sister who works for Zayn al-‘Abidin’s wife, and asking to catch and return him, and a request for two hundred...
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