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Muhammad ʻAli Tunikabuni to Karbalaʼi Maʻsumah Khanum, April or May 1908
Muhammad ʻAli Tunikabuni writes to his sister, Karbalaʾi Maʻsumah Khanum, while she is a guest of Sakinah Khanum, daughter of ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni Muntizam al-Mulk and wife of Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam.
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Battering a prostitute, 1911
Sayyid Mahdi, son of Hujjat al-Islam Bihbahani, beats a prostitute after being intoxicated at her house
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Jalis Agha and Habib Allah Farhumand
Engagement (balah giran) portrait of Jalis Agha Yudʻim and Habib Allah (Khalil) Farhumand with a khvanchih balahgir gift on the chair.
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) congratulates his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, on her engagement to ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar.
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Letter to Abu al-Hasan Khan, 1923
On the letterhead of Azarbayjan's Ministry of Education and Endowments; about the writer's meeting with Muntasir, his and ‘Amid Lashkar's disappointment with Abu al-Hasan Khan (the addressee), and giving him some advice; he mentions that he is not happy with the addressee's sister attending the party at Haji Muhammad Husayn Aqa-yi ‘Ajam's house, writes that affection should go both ways, and mentions Haji Isma‘il Aqa's lack of affection for them.
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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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‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk to Surur al-Saltanah
‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash) writes to Surur al-Saltanah explaining why he did not have a chance to write earlier due to preoccupations at the Majlis and attending a party at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held for the foreign ambassadors and their wives. He describes the party for Surur, noting that there were one hundred and fifty guests, men and women, with music, etc. He talks about the constraints on him and Surur al-Saltanah and that he does not believe in restrictions for lovers, whether in Muharram or Safar, and that he has written to Salar about this and is hoping...
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Letter
Letter about family news, including the conflicts that Nizam al-Saltanah has to deal with in Shiraz; the political situation and accompanying sense of insecurity; the family's temporary move to Shimiran because of this and their return; the arrest of Mughis al-Saltanah, and the confiscation of Nizam al-Saltanah's property. The writer, a relative of ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, then talks about her or his attendance at her wedding.
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Play and garden party, 1911
Announcing the logistics of a program, organized by a women's organization, to support founding a school for girls
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Report of the Fars Police Department, 1919
Includes reports of parties at the houses of Muhammad Mutrib (entertainer) and Mustafa Mutrib and the presence of Karbalayi Jalal with his musical instrument, as well as a woman being accused of robbery
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