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Calligraphy, 1923 or 1924
Signed by: Ruqiyah Zahidi [Khvajah-nuri]: "written under Ustad [the Master]'s supervision, 1923 [or 1924], I was married." A more recent note indicates that this was her first calligraphy at the age of fourteen.
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Letter, 1924
Regarding: delivery of the six-tuman promissory note to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; receiving the brigadier's payment to the addressee and using it to pay the debts to Karbalayi Hasan and Buyuk Khanum; inquiring about Muqtadir's action; delivery of thirty eight mans [unit of weight] of flour to the household from the village of Zaviyah; reading the addressee's letter about Sarkar ‘Illiyah to her and [her response] that she is careful with money and there is no need to remind her, that parents are friends of their children and do what is best for them; other political and work-related news; sending...