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Urumiyah school children
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Urumiyah school children
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Letter to Mirza Abu Turab Khan, 1893
Letter addressed to Mirza Abu Turab Khan, about receiving his letter, encouraging him to memorize the Qur’an and pay attention to his studies, purchasing clothing for him, his sister, his cousin, and Mirza Mahdi Khan, and mentioning repair of the pool in the yard; seal of ‘Amid Lashkar on verso
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Girls school in Shah Abad, 1910
Announcing enrollment for the school opened by a French female teacher, and information about programs and tuition
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Letter from Sarah Clock
Last four pages of a letter from Sarah A. Clock likely to Mrs. Platt, regrading sending sewing supplies, crayons, maps, and other school supplies, as well as what subjects they are teaching at the school
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Jamilah Khanum's endowment, 1908
Jamilah Khanum, the daughter of Husaynquli Khan, has endowed a school and a mosque she had built to the south of her own house and has appointed Qamar Taj Khanum, the daughter of Riza Quli Khan Fakhim al-Dawlah as the custodian. Qamar Taj Khanum will be responsible for assigning the prayer Imam and hiring the tutors, servants, and students, whose salaries, along with the other costs of the school and the mosque, will be derived from the revenue of some properties in the village of Suharin in Zanjan Rud district. Jamilah Khanum has also designated the custodianship honorarium for Qamar Taj...
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Group Portrait
Fa’izah Khanum and her pupils of the primary class; a note on verso by Susan Moody mentioning permission to print in Rushan's little book
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt
Includes the story of a man who converted to Baha'ism after a defeat by a small Baha'i man in a wrestling match, the same small man carrying ‘Abd al-Baha’'s tablets; a package they received from the addressee; and activities and funding for the school.
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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Shukuh Sadat Muqimi's interview - Part I
Interview with Shukuh Sadat Muqimi, conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, and Nargis Sufi Siyavush on April 18, 2017. Shukuh Khanum shares memories from her own life, her maternal and paternal families, and other family members.