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Engagement celebration in Hafiz al-Sihhah's house
Photograph of the engagement ceremony of Qudsiyah Khanum and Nusrat Allah Bahir in the house of Hafiz al-Sihhah (seated, top-center in a dark suit), also known as Haji Baba, Dr. Hafizi and Hakim Rahmim. Left to right: (seated): Farangis Ittihadiah, Ihsan, Nadirah, Bahirah, Muluk Firuz, Ziya’ al-Din Faridiyan, Sughra Faridiyan, Hajar and Ruha Siraj, Maryam Iftikhar, Dr. Isma‘il Iftikhar (holding Mahbubah Iftikhar), ʻAli Firuz, Habib Siraj, Dina Khanum Banu Tash (holding Masʻud Ittihadiah), Qudsiyah Bahir, Hafiz al-Sihhah, Haji Nanah (Gawhar Khanum), Nusrat Allah Bahir (seated behind Haji...
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan, 1904
Letter, probably from Hamid al-Sultan, from Urumiyah to Tabriz; it conveys greetings for ‘Ayd-i Fitr; mentions that he has not received a response to the letter sent before the Ahya‘ [vigil] nights; notes sending fifteen qirans to his sister and five tumans to Karbalayi Muhammad the tailor; mentions ‘Amid Lashkar's letter; reports that he cannot find a pair of good-quality, golden upper-arm bracelets in Urumiyah, so he proposes to send the money (asking for a less expensive price) to the addresee in order for her to purchase them herself, as the ones in Tabriz are better; he further reports...
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Letter, 1924
The writer refers to the addressee's request for bringing his family to be with him, and explains his disagreement with it due to Anis al-Dawlah's mismanagement and worrying about leaving the house vacant with no family there, but at the end leaves it to the addressee to decide; mentions visiting the addressee's family, Raziyah, Marziyah; Buyuk Khanum goes to the Namus school and her progress in learning the alphabet; Safiyah and Tahirah will start primary school after the test, and they study well, but Buyuk is in prepatory; he then mentions Sawlat al-Saltanah's servant's delivery of some...
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In memoriam of Isabella Brittingham and Doctor Musa Khan, 1924
Written by Susan Moody; a brief description of memorial prayers held for Isabella D. Brittingham and Doctor Musa Khan in Tehran
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Letter, 1924
Regarding: delivery of the six-tuman promissory note to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; receiving the brigadier's payment to the addressee and using it to pay the debts to Karbalayi Hasan and Buyuk Khanum; inquiring about Muqtadir's action; delivery of thirty eight mans [unit of weight] of flour to the household from the village of Zaviyah; reading the addressee's letter about Sarkar ‘Illiyah to her and [her response] that she is careful with money and there is no need to remind her, that parents are friends of their children and do what is best for them; other political and work-related news; sending...
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Letter, 1914
The writer expresses happiness for the family's well-being and talks about missing Safiyah and Buyuk Khanum, requests ink, and mentions sending the money owed to Nanah Khanum, four photographs of himself, and the souvenir for the addressee
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From the census office, 1910
On the need to cooperate with the census office, and criticizing men who have refrained from mentioning the names of their female family members in the census
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Miscellaneous orders and payments
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Speeches by Badr al-Duja Khanum, 1911
From a series of speeches made by graduates of the American girls school; Badr al-Duja Khanum [daughter of] Imam al-Hukama, talks about public and personal health (published in two issues)
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