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Badr al-Muluk and Amin al-Sultan's Love Letters
The love letters of Badr al-Muluk and Amin al-Sultan, including: a letter from Badr al-Muluk to [Amin al-Sultan?], in which she is complaining about the hostility of certain people who the recipient knows, and the journey of ‘Isa Mirza (her brother) from the salt mine to her house and his stay until the third of the month, after which she is going to visit the reader; an envelope with an inscribed stamp or sticker of Badr al-Muluk; a letter by Badr al-Muluk, in which after a nostalgic note, she asks the reader to deliver his future letters to Sanam Baji at Badr al-Muluk's house through that...
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Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1866
Reports on the order of affairs and well-being of Mahd-i ‘Ulya, Nayib al-Saltanah's mother, other princes, the guards of andarun, and the women of harem
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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 discusses Vakil al-Mulk's decision not to go to the countryside in Shimiran and travel to Tabriz instead, notes that he has rented their property in Shimiran to Sidq al-Saltanah, and mentions the issues with Muvaqqar al-Saltanah.
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Letter, 1904
After sending greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum (grandmother) and Khanumjan (the mother), the writer [probably female] talks about Nur al-Hajiyah's illness, noting that she has been coughing non-stop for the past two months; inquires about Muhammad Taqi's well-being; mentions a rumor among the female servants that Aqa plans to fire them and that one of them secretly took out all of her belongings in Ramadan and then claimed that her property was stolen, though the writer believes that the servant is lying and will investigate this. She mentions Aqa Buzurg's remark about marrying off...
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Letter from Elizabeth Stewart to Isabella Brittingham, 1917
About the death of Tahirah Qurrat al-ʻAyn as told to Dr. Moody, by Hasan Adib
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Two letters, 1890
On one side: a letter dated March 16, 1890 discusses sending ivory from Kurdistan and mentions that the writer has refrained from speaking to the servants of the lady; on the other side: concerning the objections of the mother and grandmother of the underage Fath‘ali, the writer discusses the late Mirza Ishaq Khan's will and states that the executor and the guardian of the underage child have been assigned. It determines the shares of his wife and sons after deducting his debts. There is no room for complaints from his mother and grandmother.
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Letter, 1914
The writer [probably female] has received the addressee's letter of 22 of Ramazan; sends greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum; she will send sour pomegranate and pomegranate paste that the addressee had asked for; talks about how Aqa Kuchak had wanted to let go of the male servants upon Aqa's order, but that the servants responded by saying that they do not want a stipend and are not leaving unless Aqa personally asks them; she sends greetings on behalf of Khanumjan [her mother] and mentions how Khanumjan is wistful about the past and regrets that with the servants gone, they have to wear...
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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah declaring his love and asking why she is upset and whether he has done something wrong; he tells her that other people do not know how much he loves her and she should not listen to what they say; if she is concerned about the photograph, he declares that Surur has all his heart and if there are some memorabilia from the past, they were only reminders of the madness of his younger self and tells her that she can keep the photograph. Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk, then, describes his meeting with Fakham al-Saltanah and how Fakham...
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Part of a letter
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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Letter, 1904
The writer [probably female], writing to the addressee in Tehran, sends greetings on behalf of Jaddah Khanum, Hajiyah Khanum, and female servants; conveys Khalah Kuchak [the younger aunt]'s appreciation for the promissory note; says that she is disappointed that she can no longer go on Hajj since the addressee has left for Tehran; talks about the illness of her mother; sends greetings to Muhammad Taqi; discusses the addressee's mention of sending winter clothing for the children and wonders if the promissory note he has sent includes this cost as well; and mentions Jaddah's request for...
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