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Poem by Tayirah Khanum for the Baha’i Temple, 1910
Note on the back: "dedicated to the Baha’i Temple Unity Convention, Chicago April 24, 1910"
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Illustrated pilgrimage scroll
This scroll illustrates the Shi‘i pilgrimage from Mecca to Mashhad. The images are accompanied by verses describing different stages of the journey and the related rites. It was lithographed in six sections and glued to a fabric (probably cotton) backing. The scroll, which was commissioned by Muhammad Ja‘far Kasa’i, a cloth merchant from Karbalaʼ, was acquired in Kirman in ca. 1971 and is now in a private collection in Kailua, Hawaii.
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Writing, 1910
Includes 1- a letter by Louise Waite (Shahnaz), dated December 10, 1910, describing the process by which Tayirah Khanum’s poem was translated into English for a template song, and mentioning a letter by Tayirah Khanum which accompanies the letter; 2- the text of "The Temple Song of the East," composed by Tayirah Khanum; 3- a letter from ‘Abd al-Baha’ ‘Abbas which was translated into English by Mirza Ahmad Suhrab in May 1910 and sent through him to Louise Waite, which talks about forwarding the poetry to Tayirah Khanum in Tehran to be chanted among the believers; 4- a letter from Tayirah...
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Miscellaneous letters of Amjad al-Vizarah
Miscellaneous letters of Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami (Amjad al-Vizarah), including letters from Mirza Abu Turab, Majd al-Islam, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ashraf al-Sadat, Manizhah Safdari Qajar (wife of Amjad al-Vizarah), ʻAziz Kashi(?), Khanum Khanumha, Muhibb ʻAli to Amjad al-Vizarah, and his letters to Bisharat al-Dawlah and his sister Fakhri Muʻazzam.
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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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Taj al-Muluk Davallu Qajar Tajbakhsh Zamandar's Interview- part 2
Taj al-Muluk Tajbakhsh Zamandar's interview conducted by Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar on 18 October 2009. She shares her memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people, especially women, in the Qajar era.
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Taj al-Muluk Davallu Qajar Tajbakhsh Zamandar's Interview- part 1
Taj al-Muluk Tajbakhsh Zamandar's interview conducted by Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar on 14 August 2009. She shares her memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people, especially women, in the Qajar era.
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Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam concerning family and financial matters.
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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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