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Collection of letters
Includes several love letters from an unidentified woman to Mahdiquli Mirza; two letters from Puri Khanum (Purandukht) to her husband, Mu‘in al-Din Mirza; and a letter from Azar Kavusi to Puran Nusrat Muzaffari (daughter of her paternal uncle) in Tehran about her school examinations; along with other letters.
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Fakhr al-Sadat's interview
Fakhr al-Sadat Mir Fakhrayi's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, Amir Husayn Nikpur, Sayyid Ma‘sud Musavi Azar, Ma‘sumah Musavi Azar, and Yusuf Tarihi on 4 and 5 June 2015. Fakhr al-Sadat shares her memories of her family members, her childhood, and married life.
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Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908
Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...
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Letters from ʻAziz al-Muluk to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Asiyah Khanum
Letters include: two letters to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam (ʻAziz al-Muluk's father) written by ʻAziz al-Muluk and her husband, Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Amjad al-Vizarah; several letters from ʻAziz al-Muluk to her father about family matters and buying jewelry and an embroidered textile (zarduzi); a letter from her to her sister, Asiyah Khanum; another letter concerns a marital dispute.
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Muʼayyid al-Muluk to Khanum Jan, 1907-1918
Collection of letters from Muʼayyid al-Muluk to Khanum Jan: a letter about visiting Hazrat ʻIlliyah before the trip, a description of the trip, a request to deal with the receipt of 80 tumans, sending Shakur Bayg's message, greeting Shakur Bayg's wife and Shahzadah ʻAmid, and complaining about Nanah's not accompanying the writer on the trip, (October 12, 1907); a letter about sending money for a dowry and talking about dowry issues, a request not to sell the items, asking for the care of the nanny, probably inviting her for the spring, and greeting her, complaining of Shakur's wife, and...
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Petition by Mir Kazim the grocer
Mir Kazim the grocer writes to Hujjat al-Islam to tell him that he had to sell his sugar cube shop to provide for his family, that he has lost all his capital, and while he has opened a grocery shop, he is still unable to afford the cost of living, despite having sold his household furnishings, and even his wife's clothing, three years ago. He has been so desperate that has even pondered killing himself and his family. He requests assistance.
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Suspicious death of a woman
A document regarding the suspicious death of a woman in Kanjur village and her husband's arrest
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[ʻAziz al-Muluk?] to unidentified
Letter concerns a marital dispute the author, possibly ʻAziz al-Muluk Shaykh al-Islami, worries may lead to suicide.
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- Asiyah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
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- Sayyid Rabi‘ Musavi Azar(1)
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- Sakinah Khanum (daughter of ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni)(1)
- Safiyah Musavi Azar(1)
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- Asiyah Khanum (Sheikholeslami Collection)(2)
- ‘Ishrat Hadi(1)
- ʻAziz Khanum (Muʼayyad al-Muluk)(1)
- Zarrin Taj Khanum (wife of Sayyid ‘Abd al-Husayn Mir Fakhrayi)(1)
- Zahra Khanum (‘Arus Aqa Khanum)(1)
- Zahra Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(1)
- Tal‘at Khanum (wife of Sayyid ‘Abd al-Husayn Mir Fakhrayi)(1)
- Shawkat al-Dawlah(1)
- Sayyid ‘Ali Akbar Mir Fakhrayi(1)
- Sayyid ‘Abd al-Husayn Mir Fakhrayi(1)
- Sayyid Rabi‘ Musavi Azar(1)
- Sayyid Mustafa Musavi Azar(1)
- Sayyid Murtaza Mir Fakhrayi(1)
- Sayyid Ma‘sud Musavi Azar(1)
- Sayyid Mahmud Musavi Azar(1)
- Sakinah Khanum (daughter of ʻAbbas Khan Tunikabuni)(1)
- Safiyah Musavi Azar(1)
- Sadiqah Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(1)
- Puran Dukht(1)
- Nushin Khanum Shaykh al-Islami(1)
- Muʻin al-Din Mirza Muzaffari(1)
- Munshi Bashi(1)
- Mirzadah Musavi Azar(1)
- Mirza ʻAbd Allah Amjad al-Vizarah(1)
- Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami (Raʼis al-Mujahidin)(1)
- Marziyah Khanum (Nosrat Mozaffari Sabeti)(1)
- Mahdi Quli Mirza(1)
- Mahbubah Musavi Azar(1)
- Kuchulu Khanum(1)
- Khavar Khanum Urdubadi(1)
- Jahan Ara Hajiyah Khanum(1)
- Husayn Quli Mirza Nusrat al-Saltanah(1)
- Fatimah Musavi Azar(1)
- Fakhr al-Sadat Mir Fakhrayi(1)
- A‘zam al-Saltanah(1)
- Azar Kavusi(1)
- Asad Allah Khan (Muʼayyad Huzur)(1)
- Akhtar Khanum(1)
- Afsaneh Najmabadi(1)