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Prayers
Two prayers: one is said to effect various results, ranging from curing blindness to making people fall madly in love to protecting persons from harm, depending on which part of a hoopoe its recitation is directed at; the other can be used to treat diseases, including making a child born without speech gain speaking ability and a blind gain eye-sight.
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Letter, 1904
The writer [probably female] is concerned about the addressee, as she had not heard from him since he left for Tehran; she had prepared a telegram to send him, but then his letter arrived and she was overjoyed; she talks about the sufrah ceremony; has sent him some mahi azad [salmon], olives, and smoked fish; sends greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum, Khanumjan (her mother), Nur al-Hajiyah, and the female servants; reports that she has been dreaming about the addressee for the last three nights; discusses the epidemic in Rasht; asks about the well-being of Aqa Muhammad Taqi; reports on...