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Chair
This chair was made for Saltanat Khanum (Shazdah Jan) toward the end of her life as she was suffering from leg pain.
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Letter from Elizabeth Stewart, 1923
The letter, written in two installments, details what the author has been doing as Dr. Coy fell ill and left to travel to America through Baghdad and Haifa, and Dr. Moody is also ill, so the upkeep work of the school has fallen to her. She gives an update on the school finances, as well. She also mentions a trunk the addressee sent her, and expresses gratitude for the effort in getting the trunk and its contents to her; as well as sending an illumined book of Baha’i scriptures back to the addressee, along with a letter to be delivered to a woman, Maggie, who the author worries will insult...
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Letter from Susan Moody to Mr. A. R. Vali, 1924
The letter discusses a copy of a tablet she is sending to the addressee, along with a group photo she also included from a unity meeting. She writes of the progress the school is making, and how some of the brighter students become teachers as well as "spreaders of the Divine Message" of the Baha'i faith. She also inquires as to the employment of Dr. Coy, and indicates she is missed by those at the school.
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Letters from Society of Patriotic Women of Iran to Sadiqah Dawlatabadi
Two Letters and an envelope from the Society of Patriotic Women of Iran to Sadiqah Dawlatabadi. One of the letters certifies Sadiqah Dawlatabadi as the official representative of Society of Patriotic Women of Iran [Jamʻiyat-i Nisvan-i Vatankhvah-i Iran].
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Mir Muhammad Baqir Jinab
Mir Muhammad Baqir Jinab, father of Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab (Saltanat Khanum's husband)
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Ra‘na, Bibi Khanum, and Saltanat Khanum
From left: Ra‘na Parvin (wife of Fakhr al-Din Jinab), Bibi Khanum (Tan Jun) Jenab, and Saltanat Khanum (Shazdah Jan)
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