Search
-
1Images
‘Ismat al-Dawlah, Fakhr al-Taj, and others
Fatimah ‘Ismat al-Dawlah, her daughter Fakhr al-Taj, and a group of servants by Sawhanak river
-
2Images
List of daily expenses
Written in Siyaq format; including food, household goods, clothing, bath related, stipend of the servants, newsletter, tobacco, alfalfa, cost of the repair of the wire mesh, emptying pool's water, debts, etc.
-
1Images
Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "group portrait of my [female] servants next to the hall of the andarun of Saltanat Abad, Shirazi Kuchik sitting by the pool, while holding a baby."
-
2Images
Complaint letter asking for justice
A group of elders complain to the addressee about how their nomadic tribe is prevented from accessing their winter pastures by Timur Khan's actions. Also, they mention the unacceptable marriage of Zawq ‘Ali’s wife (daughter of Shahnah (sheriff) Ghulam) and Muhammad (son of Shahnah (sheriff) Haydar), and ask the addressee for justice.
-
4Images
Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar. In the letter, the writer expresses his happiness about the addressee's visit during the days of fasting; reassures him about watering the courtyard plants; asks for a new female servant, since Fatimah has not come; emphasizes their need for barley, since the convoy from Zaviyah village has not delivered it; reports that Mr. Muntasiri has delivered one tuman to them; also reassures him about their allowance; requests some cheese, as the price is increasing. Another letter on a separate sheet refers to the addressee's return to the city, and urges him not...
-
1Images
Ghulam Husayn Khan's endowment, 1919
Ghulam Husayn Khan Sardar Mujallal, son of Haj Sulayman Khan Bihjat al-Dawlah, has transferred his properties near Kirman and Bam to Mirza Husayn Khan Sardar Nusrat, son of Murtaza Quli Khan Vakil al-Mulk, in exchange for some crystal candy. The condition is that Mirza Husayn Khan endows these properties after Ghulam Husayn Khan’s death. Nine hundred and thirty tumans is the annual budget to cover the costs of hiring people for reading the Qurʼan and rawzah, repairs, cleaning the tomb in Najaf, and expenses of coffee, sugar cubes, tobacco, charcoal, water pipes, and lamps. Aman Allah, son...
-
5Images
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...
-
101Images
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.
-
1Images
Ozma Adl's interview
Ozma Adl's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on September 29, 2017; Ozma Adl shares memories of her childhood, her mother and sister, and other family members.
-
0Images
Parvanah Sulaymani- part 1
Parvanah Sulaymani's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on December 4, 2018; Parvanah Khanum shares memories of her childhood, her mother and father, and other family members
Filter
- D Reset
Genres
Subjects
- Dwater and irrigation
Collections
- Parvanah Sulaymani(2)
- Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies(2)
- Amir Hossein Nikpour(2)
- Tehran University Central Library(1)
- Ozma Adl(1)
- National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran -- Mahd-i ‘Ulya Documents(1)
- Majlis Document Center -- Farmanfarma documents(1)
- Bita Ameri(1)
People
- Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar(3)
- Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi(3)
- Shahzadah Muluk Kaykhusravi Muqaddam (Sulaymani)(2)
- Purandukht Sulaymani(2)
- Parvanah Sulaymani(2)
- Fatimah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Dawlah(2)
- Amir Sulaymani(2)
- Abu al-Hasan Sulaymani(2)
- Yusuf ‘Adl(1)
- Tajmah (Afaq al-Dawlah)(1)
- Shams Far ‘Adl(1)
- Rafʻat al-Muluk(1)
- Qamar (Amirzadah Khanum)(1)
- Ozma Adl(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Murtaza Quli Khan Isfandiyari (Vakil al-Mulk)(1)
- Mirza Yusuf Mustawfi al-Mamalik(1)
- Mir Sayyid Hasan Amin al-Shariʻah Sabzivari(1)
- Malik Jahan Khanum Mahd-i ‘Ulya(1)
- Kamran Mirza (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- more
- Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar(3)
- Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi(3)
- Shahzadah Muluk Kaykhusravi Muqaddam (Sulaymani)(2)
- Purandukht Sulaymani(2)
- Parvanah Sulaymani(2)
- Fatimah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Dawlah(2)
- Amir Sulaymani(2)
- Abu al-Hasan Sulaymani(2)
- Yusuf ‘Adl(1)
- Tajmah (Afaq al-Dawlah)(1)
- Shams Far ‘Adl(1)
- Rafʻat al-Muluk(1)
- Qamar (Amirzadah Khanum)(1)
- Ozma Adl(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Murtaza Quli Khan Isfandiyari (Vakil al-Mulk)(1)
- Mirza Yusuf Mustawfi al-Mamalik(1)
- Mir Sayyid Hasan Amin al-Shariʻah Sabzivari(1)
- Malik Jahan Khanum Mahd-i ‘Ulya(1)
- Kamran Mirza (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- Husayn‘ali Mirza Yamin al-Dawlah(1)
- Husayn Khan Isfandiyari (Sardar Nusrat)(1)
- Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri (Sardar Mujallal)(1)
- Fatimah Khanum Fakhr al-Taj(1)
- Fath Allah Khan Arfaʻ al-Saltanah(1)
- Dust ‘Ali Khan Nizam al-Dawlah Mu‘ayyir al-Mamalik(1)
- Amir Dust Muhammad Khan (Mu‘ayyir al-Mamalik)(1)
- Aman Allah ‘Amiri(1)