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Poem by Turan Agha Furugh al-Dawlah
A poem by Turan Agha Furugh al-Dawlah (known as Malakah Iran), wife of Zahir al-Dawlah [and daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah], regarding the bombardment of her house by the Cossack brigade on 25 June 1908.
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Furugh al-Dawlah and her daughters Furugh al-Muluk and Malik al-Muluk
Furugh al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's daughter, and her daughters in Dervish costumes.
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Furugh al-Dawlah and her two daughters
Turan Agha known as Furugh al-Dawlah, daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah and wife of ‘Ali Zahir al-Dawlah, with her two daughters, [Furugh al-Muluk and Malik al-Muluk]
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting [from left, women]: "Layla Khanum, Furugh al-Dawlah, and Fakhr al-Dawlah"; the boy is ‘Aziz al-Sultan
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Furugh al-Dawlah and her two daughters
Furugh al-Dawlah and her two daughters, Furugh al-Muluk (Valiyyah) and Malik a-Muluk
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Writing, 1908
It begins with quotations from Baha’ Allah and ‘Abd al-Baha’, and includes the importance of the meeting between Tayirah Khanum, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, and Mr. Sydney on uniting west and east under the Baha'i faith; at the end of their talk, they told Tayirah Khanum about American women, and Tayirah Khanum took off her pearl necklace and handed it to Mr. Remey to give it to the American women. This pearl necklace was given to Tayirah Khanum by Malakah Iran, sister of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. It also includes a list of Baha’i women who hold meetings in different cities in Iran.
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Group portrait
In Nasir al-Din Shah's handwriting: "‘Aziz al-Sultan and a group of women"; the first person from the left, sitting on the step, is Anis al-Dawlah; the second person from the left, sitting on the ground, is Furugh al-Dawlah; the second person from the right, sitting on the step, is Fakhr al-Dawlah; the child, first from right, sitting on the ground is ‘Aziz al-Sultan.
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Letter about selecting a wife, [late 19th century]
The unidentified author advises that Najm al-Saltanah's daughter is a better marriage prospect than Ashraf al-Muluk, the daughter of her sister, Surur al-Saltanah, and requests that this information be kept confidential.
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Anthology of food, [ca. 1873 or 1874]
A satirical anthology of poetry that uses Iranian foods to make fun of government elites, both men and women, including: Nasir al-Din Shah, Muzaffar al-Din Shah (Vali ʻAhd), Aqa Vajih, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Amin al-Saltanah, Turan Aqa, Tuman Aqa, Anis al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Saltanah, Taj al-Dawlah, Shams al-Dawlah, Akhtar al-Saltanah, Badr al-Saltanah, Zaynab al-Saltanah, ʻIffat al-Saltanah, ʻAʼishah Khanum, Hajiyah Khanum, Amin Aqdas, Imam Jumʻah, Atabak Aʻzam, Iʻtimad al-Saltanah, Shaykh al-Islam, Nazim al-Bikaʼ. The writer, Mayil Afshar, received the titles...
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Travel journal
ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani's travel journal. ʻAlaviyah Khanum, ʻAli Khan and a few others went on Hajj and made pilgrimages to the shrines in Iraq. On the way back to Iran, she visited a number of cities including Tehran and the Nasiri Court. This travel journal was written by ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani. On the first page of the book (this page was written by ʻAli Khan at the request of ʻAlaviyah Khanum), ʻAlaviyah Khanum noted that she wrote this book because she missed her husband and also to record these events in history. The author's actual name is not known and "ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani"...
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