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Hajj travelogue, February or March 1882
According to Dr. Rasul Ja‘farian, publisher of the travelogue, the author is Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah (d. 3 August 1888), daughter of Farhad Mirza Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah and Jahan Ara Khanum. Jahan Ara is the daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza Dawlatshahi, son of Fath ‘Ali Shah. Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah married three times: first to Mirza Muhammad Qavam al-Dawlah Ashtiyani (d. 1873); then to Mirza Musa (d. 1881), son of Mirza Hadi Ashtiyani Vazir Lashgar; then to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Vahab Khan Asif al-Dawlah (d. 1887). Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah...
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About Muzaffar Nizam’s will, 1922
‘Asim al-Saltanah claimed that the late Muzaffar Nizam appointed him to execute his will, which includes paying for performing prayers and fasts on behalf of Fatimah Khanum for twenty years, and also giving one kharvar [unit of weight] wheat to the late Muzaffar Nizam's nanny every year
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Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1890
Haji Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ (from Tabriz)'s petition discusses the pension of Mulla Yahya and ʻAbd Allah Bayg, the hardships the author went through during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and the delay in paying one-third of Mulla Yahya's belongings to his inheritors. This delay was caused by the heir of Haji Muhammad Baqir who is the Kadkhuda (village chief) of a village, which is owned by Surur al-Saltanah. His appointees sabotaged the payment despite the efforts of Mustashar al-Sultan. At the end, the author refers to the necessity of paying the one-third and asks the addressee to...
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Travel expenses
List of travel expenses to Karbalaʼ, Najaf, Mecca, and Medina
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Letter from Malakah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Malakah, daughter of the late Hishmat al-Dawlah (Amir Jang), asks the addressee to treat kindly the relatives of Haji Murad Khan, Naqi Khan, and Jahangir Khan, who currently serve in her home. Referring to the kindness and generosity of Naqi Khan and Jahangir Khan towards the writer on her way from Mecca during her stop at Kirmanshahan, she asks the recipient to treat them well for the work they did for her.
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Letter from Arfaʻ al-Dawlah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1907
About the arrival of Hazrat-i ʻUlya and Nasir al-Din Mirza to Istanbul, sending an official carriage from the Sultan to the train station and the presence of Iranian merchants to welcome them, staying at the embassy for a few days to prepare for their pilgrimage to Mecca, and sending telegrams by the writer to different places to get ready to welcome Hazrat-i ʻUlya and Nasir al-Din Mirza on their way to Mecca
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Hajj travelogue
The author's name is not known. The pilgrimage is in Muhammad Shah period. The travelogue includes information about women pilgrims, including Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, daughter of Fath ‘Ali Shah. More information about this item could be found on page 465 of the third volume (first part) of Malik Library's catalog of manuscripts. Page 17 bears the seal of Muhammad Husayn.
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Letter probably from ‘Ayn al-Saltanah
Letter probably from Qahraman Mirza Salur (‘Ayn al-Saltanah) with a list of daily expenses; writing from Alamut, Qazvin, he talks about his bad health and expresses his disappointment that the recipient had not told him about her/his journey to Mecca, while also asking her/him to sacrifice a sheep on his behalf. ‘Ayn al-Saltanah also talks about his intention to travel to Beirut to visit Hurmuz Mirza [his nephew]. He asks about the well-being of Fakhr al-Mulk [probably his brother-in-law, Fakhr al-Mulk Ardalan] and his wife and expresses his satisfaction that Zari is accompanying the letter...
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi
Letters include the following: Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Hasan Khan Munshi Bashi about a trip to Tunikabun; about the division of a shipment of lettuce among family members; about the government's seizure of the properties of Qamar Khanum, daughter of Sa‘d al-Saltanah; Mirza Hasan instructs Munshi Bashi to give 700 tumans to Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara, wife of his deceased father, Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam, to settle a family inheritance dispute; about the state of affairs since the constitutional revolution, and the efforts of his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, to get him to...
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Houri Mostofi Moghadam's Interview
Houri Mostofi Moghadam's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar on 29 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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