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Divination concerning property purchase, [late 19th century]
Letter consists of a divination request for the purchase of Amin Lashkar's home and reply with Quranic verse.
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Letter
The writer talks about traveling to the villages of Mayan and ‘Ali Shah with Aqa Mirza Rafi‘ Khan, Mirza Muhammad Aqa, and I‘tisam al-Mulk, informs the addressee that the host insists on keeping them longer, and sends greetings from the family to Sarkar ‘Illiyah ‘Aliyah Aqa Baji.
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Letter, 1900
Regarding ‘Ala’ al-Sultan's arrival, the letter reports that he did not accept the offer to stay longer, but that his daughter is staying with them until the end of Jamadi al-Avval, when other family members have returned, because of a divination.
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Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Rubabah Khanum
Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to his paternal cousin, Rubabah Khanum, about the management of properties, his illness, and family.
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Manizhah Safdari Qajar to Amjad al-Vizarah
Manizhah Safdari Qajar writes to her husband, Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami (Amjad al-Vizarah), about household expenditures. On the verso, Amjad al-Vizarah has written several Quran divinations.
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Correspondence about a dispute with Haji Nazm al-Saltanah, [late 19th century]
Two letters concerning the sender's complaints about his posting to Ardabil and a dispute with Haji Nazm al-Saltanah.
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Najm al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
From Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to her brother, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma; she talks about the property at Palayin, mentioning that Farmanfarma had expressed interest in selling or exchanging it for a property owned by Hazrat-i ʻUlya [Surur al-Saltanah] in Tabriz; discusses the relationship between the brother and sisters; mentions her daughter, Daftari [Daftar al-Muluk], and notes that her situation [the marriage to Farmanfarma's son] awaits Farmanfarma's decision. At the end, she talks about the illness of her husband, Vakil al-Mulk.
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Letters from Sadiqah Khanum
Letters from Sadiqah Khanum to her brother Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Munshi Bashi.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; on the marriage of ‘Azimat Khanum, suggests that the mother should be entrusted to take care of related affairs, and to refer to God and the Qur’an for divination; asks to give the fifty tumans to Fatimah Khanum, but to advise her not to overspend; sends greetings to mother and sisters; inquires about the addressee and his tutor; complains about not receiving news about Ma‘sumah and Ruqiyah over the past year and is concerned if they are dead, urging them to tell him the truth.
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Letters of Rubabah Khanum
Letters of Rubabah Khanum, daughter of Mirza Mahmud Shaykh al-Islam, about the management of her properties in Mahmud Abad and financial and family affairs.
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