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Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah from one of his wives, 1873 or 1874
She complains about Nasir al-Din Shah's harsh response to her requesting to get back her tea and coffee set from Mahd-i ‘Ulya. She mentions Nasir al-Din Shah's different manner toward his other wife, Shams al-Dawlah. At the end, she pleads again to send Haji Sa‘id to get her tea and coffee set, which she needs in order to pay her debts.
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Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1864 or 1865
The writer reports on attendance in the ceremony celebrating the Shah's birthday, the well-being of princesses and people of the harem, and services by gatekeepers and other servants. He mentions informing Mahd-i ‘Ulya about completing construction in Niyavaran and her decision about returning after the tenth for a lucky arrival time. The writer has also prepared for bringing other members of the harem. He adds that upon the addressee's request they have received part of Fakhr al-Muluk’s stipend from Mu‘ayyir al-Mamalik.
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1863 or 1864
Mahd-i ‘Ulya responds to Nasir al-Din Shah's letter and explains how her servants found the petition the soldiers threw into their yard. She then requested ‘Ayn al-Mulk deliver the petition to Nasir al-Din Shah. Mahd-i ‘Ulya also mentions Amin al-Mulk asking her to reassure the soldiers that they could go and receive their wages from him.
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to ‘Ayn al-Mulk, 1863 or 1864
Regarding Nasir al-Din Shah's order to the ministers and princes to gather and vote on Nigar Khanum's case, Nusrat al-Mulk's evading attendance using the excuse of fever, the dispute over Mu‘tamad al-Dawlah and Muvaqqar al-Dawlah's participation, and sending two boxes of sour cherries to the addressee
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Kulliyat of Tajmah Khanum
Tajmah Khanum wrote this book, composed of three parts. The first part consists of nearly 120 verses. The first poem is a sonnet written by the poet when she was 16 and the last one was written to praise Riza Shah. The second part is more than 20 letters and notes, which are mostly administrative and legal. Other letters were addressed to women who where contemporaries of Tajmah Khanum. The third part of this book is a selection of poems by Persian poets from Rudaki to the Qajar period.
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Petitions by wives and servants of Nasir al-Din Shah, 1914 to 1915
Correspondence of Bala Khanum Buzurg (Marahim al-Saltanah), Sakinah Sultan Khanum (Haji Vaqar al-Dawlah), Nush Afarin Khanum (Haji Matbu‘ al-Dawlah), Haji Zahra Khanum, Khadijah Khanum (Akhtar Zaman), Khan-zadah Khanum, Fatimah Sultan Khanum (from Tehran), and Agha Shahzadah (Nasir al-Din Shah's wives) and Nasib Malik Khanum, Khadijah Khanum, and Sakinah Khanum (Nasir al-Din Shah's servants) with the Minister of Finance (Muhtasham al-Saltanah) asking to receive their salaries in a monthly manner, the same way that Nasir al-Din Shah's other wives and servants are being paid; the Ministry of...
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Chronicle of the daily life of Shahzadah Yamin al-Dawlah and the Crown Prince, 1868
Shahzadah Yamin al-Dawlah's account of daily life, including his meetings with the Friday Prayer Imam, the Shah, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, Mu‘ayyir al-Mamalik, Nayib al-Saltanah, Mustawfi al-Mamalik, and Fakhr al-Muluk, the cancellation of a wrestling match at Nigaristan, going to the baths, getting photo equipment, the Crown Prince's picture being taken by ‘Akkas Bashi (son of Aqa Isma‘il), going to Shah ‘Abd al-‘Azim shrine, receiving the Shah's writing and a pen case via Yahya Khan, and an incident involving the gatekeepers and a European. The account of the Crown Prince's daily life includes...
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Regarding Malakah Iran's salary, 1911 to 1912
Correspondence amongst the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Treasury General, the Fars Department of Finance, the Yazd Finance Administration, the Ministry of the Royal Court, the Cabinet, and Malakah Iran regarding the hold on a payment of four hundred and sixty-one tumans from Malakah Iran's salary due to a trial in absentia for her debt to Aqa Riza Quli Nazir (overseer); her subsequent complaint; the order to remove the hold and issue her payment; another complaint by her on not receiving her salary for three years; and the order to investigate this issue.
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Taj Iran Zarghami's interview- part II
The second part of Taj Iran Zarghami's interview, which was conducted on January 11, 2015 by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Huma Dayhimi (the daughter of Taj Iran Zarghami) in Vienna, Austria. She shares memories of her childhood and youth, discussing her mother, Turan al-Dawlah, and her grandmother, Taj al-Saltanah (the daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah).
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Hafez Farmayan's Interview- part 2
Hafez Farmayan's interview conducted by Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar on 6 February 2010. He shares his memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people in the Qajar era. Hafez Farmayan describes the life of his Father (ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma) in his estate in Tehran, his childhood memories of his mother and other co-wives, and his siblings and other people living on the estate.
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