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Letter to Hamdam al-Saltanah, 1917
After the greeting, the author expresses their happiness for Hamdam al-Saltanah’s recovery, encourages Hamdam al-Saltanah to travel to Isfahan for a visit and to check on her properties
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Letter from Muvassaq al-Dawlah to Nizam al-Saltanah, 1914
A letter, along with the envelope, from Muvassaq al-Saltanah, the Minister, to Nizam al-Saltanah, the Governor of Burujird and Luristan; it refers to Mihr ‘Alikhan and Sardar Khan's unlawful construction on a property owned by Hurmat al-Dawlah. The author mentions the continuing construction despite the order that was placed before the addressee's departure. He requests halting the construction and recommends using legal methods if there is a claim on ownership.
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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 probably from Khurasan, in which he explains why he had missed the postman since he had gone to the suburbs of Mashhad to oversee his properties and got stuck because of the snow. He mentions how much he misses her and complains that when he was in Tehran and insisted on seeing Surur al-Saltanah, she would put it off and now that he is away she says that she misses him, and he asks her whether she will agree to meet with him when he is back. He informs her that he will be coming back to Tehran the day after ʻAid-i...
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Letter, 1914
The writer expresses happiness in receiving the addressee's letter and their well-being, talks about work-related issues, Sadiqah Khanum's complaint, an objection to his time off request, sending clothing, money or promissory notes, and money to his house for Rubabah Khanum, mentions sending five photographs, asks for ink, payment of his debts, and inquires about the addressee's stipend and repairs of the house
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Regarding the affair of Khanum Taj and Sayyid Karim, 1925
In a letter to Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Aqa, the writer describes how Sayyid Karim has faked the divorce of Khanum Taj, daughter of Riza Khan Shuja‘ Lashkar and wife of Mirza Habib Allah Muntakhib Daftar, and they have fled from Amirabad village to Tabriz. After Mirza Habib Allah's complaint, Sayyid Karim bribed two Mullas and forced Mirza Habib Allah to divorce his wife in exchange for two villages, owned by Khanum Taj. Subsequently, it becomes clear that the two villages had already been sold to someone else and that Khanum Taj was four months pregnant prior to the divorce. Mirza Habib...
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Polyandry in India, 1910
An article published in the German local newspaper, Anzeiger, talks about the custom of polyandry in certain tribes in India
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Letters of Sadiqah Dawlatabadi to ʻAbd al-Husayn Sanʻatizadah
Several letters from Sadiqah Dawlatabadi to ʻAbd al-Husayn Sanʻatizadah including the following: one in which she congratulates Sanʻatizadah on his betrothal to Qamar Taj and thanks him for a loan of 1,500 francs; one in which she refers to ʻAbd al-Husayn's recent appendectomy; one in which she writes to him about her studies and life in Paris and her hopes to improve Iran; and one in which she writes about the differences between life in France and Iran.
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Letters and documents concerning properties of Malik Kandi, Chilan, Sumi‘ah, and Mahmudabad
Collection of letters and financial and legal documents concerning properties of Malik Kandi, Chilan, Sumi‘ah, and Mahmudabad
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Correspondence related to inheritance
Correspondence related to inheritance including the power of attorney of Zahra Sultan (1906), a property sale agreement (ca. 1908), an inventory of items owned by Zahra Sultan (1917), inheritance settlement of Rubabah Khanum (1920), debt settlement of Rubabah Khanum (1920), and a letter from Ahmad Tabatabaʼi Qumi.
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Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk love letters, 1909 to 1910
Love letters of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash), son of Karim Dad Khan, to Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Zarrin Kulah Khanum and Khazin al-Mulk, accompanied by some envelopes and part of a letter, probably from Surur al-Saltanah to Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk. These letters were most likely written during the time between their ‘Aqd (formal contract of marriage) and ‘Arusi (marriage celebration and consummation), while Surur al-Saltanah was living in Tehran and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk was traveling between Tehran and Khurasan; the letters have also been separately included in this collection;...
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