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Tiriski Niski's letter to Nuzhat al-Dawlah
Tiriski Niski, the head of the Engineers Corp in the Department of Roads, writes to Nuzhat al-Dawlah concerning her letter, explaining that his employee Alexander Ivanovich had already rented a house in the Kashk village for him, which he cannot move out of, since the owner, Ni‘mat, has been very honest and kind in his dealings with them; it would be terrible if he returned his kindness with ill actions. He regrets that this information had not been passed to Nuzhat al-Dawlah in a timely manner, and now he is facing this difficulty. Despite Tiriski Niski's respect for her, he cannot move...
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The writer [probably female] sends greetings on behalf of Aqa Sayyid Ibrahim; mentions Aqa Isma‘il Aqa's stomach pain and planning to call for a doctor; claims that the female servants have become unruly, want husbands, and, in the abscence of the addressee, wear their chador and leave the house; notes that they could have married them off to the male servants, had they not been dismissed; reports that they have sent Ahmad, who has grown up, to live outside the house, but he has now befriended Kulsum, and, according to a rumor, is planing to rent a house and take Kulsum with him; because of...
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About Na’ib Muhammad Khan leaving for Kalat with his family and how the writer had to rent a room in a house; complains about having no servants, caregivers, rugs, or household furnishings; s/he has asked Akram Khanum for help; and then mentions Husayn Khan and wonders whether he is at his uncle's house or at his new friend from Tehran's.
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Letters from Asiyah Khanum
Letters from Asiyah Khanum (daughter of Rukhsarah Khanum and Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam) to her father; her sister, ʻAziz al-Muluk; her stepmother, Sakinah Khanum; and to Munshi Bashi.
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Miscellaneous letters addressed to Sakinah Khanum
Miscellaneous letters addressed to Sakinah Khanum, daughter of ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni Muntazim al-Mulk and second wife of Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, including the following: one in which the author, possibly Sakinah Khanum's sister, congratulates her about her new house; one in which a woman from Tunikabun writes to her with news of family servants; Khayr al-Nisaʼ writes to her and mentions that she has sent a gift of orange blossoms; one in which her father, ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni Muntazim al-Mulk, writes to her; and from her sister-in-law, Zahra Khanum. The related envelope includes a...
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Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843
Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Muhammad from Karvan village, and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Tihrani Karvan. The mahr is three hundred tumans. The groom settled the following items in exchange for two hundred and sixty tumans of the mahr: a portion of land and part of a garden/orchard in Hurmanan village, part of a garden/orchard in Divun Farm, some qanats and part of a residential house in Hurmanan village, and a house, along with its stable and garden. The groom also promised if the marriage lasted and the bride obeyed him, he would buy the following items...
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Woman's murder, 1911
The body of the daughter of Haji Mulla Bashi from Taliqan was found by police. Her husband, Aqa Mirza Ibrahim from Taliqan, is arrested for her murder. He had been suspicious of his wife's relationship with his nephew, Hamid Allah, and asked her father to settle the mahr and agree to divorce. The second piece of news from a few days later is about Hamid Allah's arrest.
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Marriage contract of Khavar and Haydar, 1919
Marriage contract of Khavar, daughter of the late ‘Ali Akbar, and Karbalayi Haydar, son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali Quli; the mahr is fifty tumans, some gold worth ten tumans, some copperware worth five tumans, a carpet worth five tumans, a male servant/slave worth five hundred tumans, one-sixth of a house in Faridun Bayg along with a piece of land adjacent to it, and one female slave, dated February 16, 1919. On December 18, 1925, Khavar settles her mahr with her husband for two thousand [dinars] and some sugar cubes as he has taken her several times for pilgrimage to the holy shrines in Iraq.
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Hafez Farmayan's Interview- part 1
Hafez Farmayan's interview conducted by Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar on 5 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. The plan of this estate is also drawn by Farmayan and it is included as an item in this collection.
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Shukuh Sadat Muqimi's interview - Part II
Interview with Shukuh Sadat Muqimi, conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, and Nargis Sufi Siyavush on April 18, 2017. Shukuh Khanum shares memories about the family of her husband, ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan Sufi Siyavush.
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