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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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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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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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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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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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Khayrat-i hisan
Khayrat-i hisan, 3 volumes, Tehran: no publisher, 1887, 1888, and 1889. Compiled by by Muhammad Hasan Khan Iʿtimad al-Saltanah, a biographical dictionary of famous women of Islam, provides information on some forty learned women from courtly circles in Qajar period.
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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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Letters from Nusrat al-Saltanah to A‘zam al-Saltanah
Nusrat al-Saltanah writes from Europe to his wife, A‘zam al-Saltanah, in Tehran, about his financial situation, family affairs, and his daily activities in Europe.
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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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