Search
-
2Images
Poem by Tayirah Khanum for the Baha’i Temple, 1910
Note on the back: "dedicated to the Baha’i Temple Unity Convention, Chicago April 24, 1910"
-
2Images
Tayirah Khanum
-
3Images
Letter from Qudsiyah Ashraf to Albert Windust, 1913
The letter mentions the renewal of her subscription to the Star of the West, that she thinks of the addressee often although she does not write to him much, that she is busy at school, and sends love to the addressee's family; along with the envelope
-
4Images
Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The letter discusses being proud of the addressee and other western Baha’i sisters for practicing their faith in the west, as well as the difficulties Tayirah faces practicing her faith in Persia because of the excess of calamities, persecutions, and lack of freedom, etc, and how faithful she has remained since she has been twelve years old
-
3Images
Letter from a Baha’i woman from Rasht, 1910
Addressed to Isabella Brittingham and some other Baha’i women; it includes the writer's happiness regarding the unity of East and West through the Baha’i faith and discusses the importance of promoting this religion
-
2Images
Invitation from Lillian Kappes to Mrs. Draeger, 1911
An invitation for the Tarbiyat School graduation ceremonies on September 20, 1920, at 9am
-
4Images
Diary letter by Mirza Ahmad Suhrab, 1913
Includes different topics, such as the importance of the Tarbiyat school; as well as a list of students along with their fathers and patrons
-
1Images
Letter from Elizabeth Stewart to Isabella Brittingham, 1917
About the death of Tahirah Qurrat al-ʻAyn as told to Dr. Moody, by Hasan Adib
-
4Images
Writing, 1908
It begins with quotations from Baha’ Allah and ‘Abd al-Baha’, and includes the importance of the meeting between Tayirah Khanum, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, and Mr. Sydney on uniting west and east under the Baha'i faith; at the end of their talk, they told Tayirah Khanum about American women, and Tayirah Khanum took off her pearl necklace and handed it to Mr. Remey to give it to the American women. This pearl necklace was given to Tayirah Khanum by Malakah Iran, sister of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. It also includes a list of Baha’i women who hold meetings in different cities in Iran.
-
3Images
Letter from Lutf Allah Hakim to Mrs. Platt, 1919
Mentions receiving the addressee's letter and check, receipts from sending money to Dr. Clock in Tehran, and serving the Baha’i community
Filter
- D Reset
Genres
Subjects
- Baha’is(53)
- schools(22)
- letter writing(21)
- children(20)
- clothing(19)
- hair ornaments and styles(16)
- education(15)
- money(13)
- hats(13)
- group portraits(13)
- teachers(12)
- banks and banking(10)
- travel(9)
- husband and wife(8)
- flowers(8)
- Photographs(7)
- gardens(7)
- financial matters(7)
- architecture(7)
- shoes(6)
- more
- Baha’is(53)
- schools(22)
- letter writing(21)
- children(20)
- clothing(19)
- hair ornaments and styles(16)
- education(15)
- money(13)
- hats(13)
- group portraits(13)
- teachers(12)
- banks and banking(10)
- travel(9)
- husband and wife(8)
- flowers(8)
- Photographs(7)
- gardens(7)
- financial matters(7)
- architecture(7)
- shoes(6)
- death(6)
- students(5)
- prayer(5)
- pilgrimages and shrines(5)
- charity(5)
- servants(4)
- portraits(4)
- poetry(4)
- weather(3)
- veils(3)
- siblings(3)
- sewing(3)
- music(3)
- money transfers(3)
- medicine(3)
- illness(3)
- gifts(3)
- fabrics(3)
- crime(3)
- books(3)
- Zoroastrians(3)
- English language(3)
- rites and ceremonies(2)
- receipts(2)
- postal service(2)
- marriage(2)
- jewels and jewelry(2)
- household furnishings(2)
- funerals and burials(2)
- food(2)
- associations(2)
- animals(2)
- women's rights(1)
- weddings(1)
- weapons(1)
- toys(1)
- tombs and cemeteries(1)
- telegraph(1)
- tea(1)
- tableware(1)
- sciences(1)
- religious objects(1)
- railroad trains(1)
- quarreling(1)
- police(1)
- mosques(1)
- military uniforms(1)
- invitations(1)
- imprisonment(1)
- housing(1)
- hospitals(1)
- glassware(1)
- drugs(1)
- drawings and paintings(1)
- costumes(1)
- cooking(1)
- childbirth(1)
- carpets(1)
- automobiles(1)
- animal husbandry(1)
- Russians(1)
- Religious tithes(1)
- Qur’an(1)
- Jews(1)
- French language(1)
- Constitutional Revolution(1)
- Armenians(1)
- Arabic language(1)
Subjects
Collections
People
Places
- Tehran(42)
- United States(18)
- Iran(13)
- Washington (D.C.)(7)
- Haifa(7)
- New York(6)
- Chicago(4)
- Yazd(3)
- London(3)
- Khurasan(3)
- Isfahan(3)
- Tabriz(2)
- Rasht(2)
- Qazvin(2)
- Europe(2)
- England(2)
- Zanjan(1)
- Sweden(1)
- Shiraz(1)
- Sarvistan(1)
- more
- Tehran(42)
- United States(18)
- Iran(13)
- Washington (D.C.)(7)
- Haifa(7)
- New York(6)
- Chicago(4)
- Yazd(3)
- London(3)
- Khurasan(3)
- Isfahan(3)
- Tabriz(2)
- Rasht(2)
- Qazvin(2)
- Europe(2)
- England(2)
- Zanjan(1)
- Sweden(1)
- Shiraz(1)
- Sarvistan(1)
- San Francisco(1)
- Russia(1)
- Paris(1)
- Palestine(1)
- Nayriz(1)
- Najafabad(1)
- Mumbai(1)
- Mashhad(1)
- Kirman(1)
- Kashan(1)
- Karachi(1)
- Japan(1)
- Hamadan(1)
- Egypt(1)
- China(1)
- Belgium(1)
- Baku(1)
- Baghdad(1)
- Arak (ʻIraq-i ʻajam)(1)
Places
English Translation
Transcription
Periods
- D Muhammad ‘Ali Shah