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The writer shares some news about the purchase of a slave (Khvajah) for the crown prince from Somalia for two thousand tumans and mentions that Aqa brought four Kaniz (female slaves) for Khalah Jan, Mahmud Khan, Mademoiselle, and the writer. Three of them are Baluchis and one is Bambasi. Aqa also brought a male slave as a souvenir for the writer; his name is Qanbar. S/he then describes three things that s/he wanted during the three years that Aqa was governing the ports and has them all now: a good gun, a mare called ‘Abid, and now Qanbar. S/he then describes the mares and the horses that...
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi
Letters include the following: Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Hasan Khan Munshi Bashi about a trip to Tunikabun; about the division of a shipment of lettuce among family members; about the government's seizure of the properties of Qamar Khanum, daughter of Sa‘d al-Saltanah; Mirza Hasan instructs Munshi Bashi to give 700 tumans to Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara, wife of his deceased father, Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam, to settle a family inheritance dispute; about the state of affairs since the constitutional revolution, and the efforts of his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, to get him to...
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Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam concerning family and financial matters.
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- Rukhsarah Khanum(2)
- Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara(2)
- Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami (Raʼis al-Mujahidin)(2)
- Haj Mirza Abu Turab Shaykh al-Islam(2)
- Asiyah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
- ʻIshrat al-Muluk Khanum(1)
- ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni Muntazim al-Mulk(1)
- Zivar Khanum Sarimi(1)
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(1)
- Taj Khanum(1)
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- Sayyid Jamal al-Din Mujtahid(1)
- Sakinah Khanum (daughter of ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni)(1)
- Qamar Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
- Nayyir Khanum(1)
- Munshi Bashi(1)
- Mulk Ara (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
- Muhammad Vali Khan Tunikabuni(1)
- Mirza ʻAbd Allah Amjad al-Vizarah(1)
- Mirza Yahya Khan Mu‘tamad al-Mulk (Mushir al-Dawlah)(1)
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- Rukhsarah Khanum(2)
- Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara(2)
- Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami (Raʼis al-Mujahidin)(2)
- Haj Mirza Abu Turab Shaykh al-Islam(2)
- Asiyah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
- ʻIshrat al-Muluk Khanum(1)
- ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni Muntazim al-Mulk(1)
- Zivar Khanum Sarimi(1)
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(1)
- Taj Khanum(1)
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- Sayyid Jamal al-Din Mujtahid(1)
- Sakinah Khanum (daughter of ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni)(1)
- Qamar Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
- Nayyir Khanum(1)
- Munshi Bashi(1)
- Mulk Ara (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
- Muhammad Vali Khan Tunikabuni(1)
- Mirza ʻAbd Allah Amjad al-Vizarah(1)
- Mirza Yahya Khan Mu‘tamad al-Mulk (Mushir al-Dawlah)(1)
- Mirza Ismaʻil Khan Shaykh al-Islam (Sayf al-Islam)(1)
- Mirza Hasan Khan (Buzurg) Hakimbashi(1)
- Mir Sayyid ʻAli Khan Shaykh al-Islami(1)
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- Khayr al-Nisaʼ (Sheikholeslami Collection)(1)
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- Karbalaʼi Musa(1)
- Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum(1)
- Hidayat Allah Hakim Bashi(1)
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