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Letter about daughters of ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil, 1903
A letter from the British Embassy was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed by Sakinah and Fatimah, daughters of the late Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil; they are giving up their Ottoman nationalities along with their father. The author tells the addressee that from this letter, it is not clear what the request of the late Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil's daughters is; do they want to be Iranian citizens or British citizens? The author asks the addressee to investigate which wife of Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim is the mother of these girls and which nationality they intend to be. Once their purpose is...
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, telling her that he has been busy with exams and done well, that he follows the news of Iran through the Istiqlal-i Iran newspaper, advises her to take care of her health and do some exercise, and requests that some money be sent to him by Mughis al-Saltanah. He then mentions one of his classmates' suicide over a girl. He states that the absence of the veil in Europe causes many problems, as many young men kill themselves over women and women poison themselves over men. He concludes that getting...