Search
-
2Images
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), giving him some family news and discusses spending ʻAid-i Qurban at Baha’ al-Mulk's garden. She talks about her photography and the problem of not having a proper dark room. Then, she tells him about her progress in learning French.
-
1Images
Letter to Nusrat Allah Kalantari
Includes greetings, and family and political news
-
2Images
Letter to Mrs. Platt, 1929
Letter likely from Susan I. Moody to Mrs. Platt (Orol); including greetings and news of Baha’i friends, and the writer's severe cold beacuse of bad weather
-
2Images
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 and describes his walk in the country in Switzerland, how he loves rural life and wished he was interested in manual labor and agriculture, but he instead is studying finance and must therefore live an urban life. He then recalls the time they played music on a gramophone in Iran. Muhammad ‘Ali Khan advises his sister to always see things in a positive way, and thereby enjoy her life. He further advises ‘Izzat al-Saltanah about learning French and describes the books he is sending her.
-
1Images
Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari, 1971
Probably to her daughter-in-law, Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya; includes greetings and family news, discusses her health issues and the weather in Bandar ʻAbbas, receiving bread, and asks her to send some cooking oil
-
2Images
Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt
Mentions receiving a package of cards a week ago, the poor mail service, spending Thanksgiving and Christmas day at the Caldwell's place, the weather, and describes what they will do with the cards the addressee sent them.
-
2Images
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Khadijah Sultan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her mother, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, in Tehran, from Hamadan, and tells her that she is still waiting for her boxes from Tehran, that she does not have enough appropriate clothing to wear and that this is embarrassing when she has visitors, especially European guests. She asks her mother to buy new fashionable clothing for her and gives her a list of items she needs, including a pair of shoes, a black chador, some textiles from which to tailor a dress to wear in front of her European guests on Nawruz, some other textiles for her chaqchur [a kind of...
-
1Images
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), telling him: family news, that the summer is very hot and Mahmud Khan and Ma‘sumah Khanum only study in the morning and are free in the afternoon; that the letter from Hazrat-i Ashraf Aqa from Shiraz is attached; that Sa‘d al-Mulk, in trouble for his debts, has mortgaged his house for eighteen thousand tumans, sold all his silverware, and still cannot afford the interest on his debts, so he and his family are going to their properties in Qazvin. She then talks about the late Mirza...
-
2Images
From Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes about her travel: first on the way from Tehran to Qum, Mahmud Khan was thrown out of the carriage, but only had minor injuries on his hands, thus Khanum [their mother, Khadijah Sultan] sacrificed a few sheep. They stayed for one night and made pilgrimages to the shrine. The road from Qum to Burujird was bumpy. Near ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the carriage of the servants was overturned, but nobody was injured. She then describes who accompanied them, how they were welcomed in ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the places they visited, and notes that they stayed in houses provided by...
-
1Images
Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Discusses receiving the addressee's letter; mentions that since Ramadan started, ‘Izzat al-Dawlah moved to the city from Farmaniyyah and the author is with her in the city; and although fasting and the heat are difficult, ‘Izzat al-Dawlah has so far been well. Huma Khanum has been well too; what was needed for the andaruni construction has been done; the rooms were measured for ordering the carpets if the addressee confirms it.
Filter
- D Reset
Genres
Subjects
- Dweather
Collections
People
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(7)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(3)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(3)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(3)
- Huma Farmanfarma'iyan(2)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(2)
- Fakhri Ibrahimi(2)
- ‘Ishrat al-Muluk ‘Amiri(1)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- ʻIffat al-Muluk Khvajah-nuri(1)
- ʻAbd al-Husayn Sanʻatizadah(1)
- Yahya Dawlatabadi(1)
- Sayyid Husayn Sarlati (ʻImad al-Shariʻah) (1)
- Sahm al-Mulk(1)
- Sadiqah Dawlatabadi(1)
- Rawshan Kalantari(1)
- Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari ‘Amiri(1)
- Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi(1)
- Nusrat Allah Kalantari(1)
- Nur al-Hadi Manganah(1)
- more
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(7)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(3)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(3)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(3)
- Huma Farmanfarma'iyan(2)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(2)
- Fakhri Ibrahimi(2)
- ‘Ishrat al-Muluk ‘Amiri(1)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- ʻIffat al-Muluk Khvajah-nuri(1)
- ʻAbd al-Husayn Sanʻatizadah(1)
- Yahya Dawlatabadi(1)
- Sayyid Husayn Sarlati (ʻImad al-Shariʻah) (1)
- Sahm al-Mulk(1)
- Sadiqah Dawlatabadi(1)
- Rawshan Kalantari(1)
- Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari ‘Amiri(1)
- Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi(1)
- Nusrat Allah Kalantari(1)
- Nur al-Hadi Manganah(1)
- Muhammad Vali Mirza Farmanfarma’ian(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Khan Mafi (Sa‘d al-Mulk)(1)
- Mrs. Zukaʾ al-Dawlah(1)
- Mahdukht San‘ati(1)
- Khanum Zukaʾ al-Dawlah Ghaffari(1)
- Khadijah Sultan Khanum (Hazrat Qudsiyah)(1)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Humayun Sanʻatizadah(1)
- Haj ʻAli Akbar Sanʻati(1)
- Haj Mirza Hadi Dawlatabadi(1)
- Gulnaz ‘Amiri(1)
- Ghulamhusayn ‘Amiri (son of Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya and Muhammad ‘Amiri)(1)
- Furugh al-Zaman Dawlatabadi (Shahab)(1)
- Fazl Allah Khan(1)
- Fatimah ‘Amiri (daughter of Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya and Muhammad ‘Amiri)(1)
- Faridun Sanʻatizadah(1)
- Faridah ‘Amiri(1)
- Fakhr Taj Dawlatabadi(1)
- Doctor Roland(1)
- Bizhan Dawlatabadi(1)
- Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya(1)
- Akbar Mirza Sarim al-Dawlah(1)
- Abu al-Qasim Nasir al-Mulk (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- Abu al-Fath Mirza Salar al-Dawlah(1)
People
Places
- Tehran(8)
- Switzerland(3)
- Kirman(3)
- Shiraz(2)
- Qum(2)
- Germany(2)
- Burujird(2)
- Arak (ʻIraq-i ʻajam)(2)
- Yazd(1)
- United States(1)
- Rasht(1)
- Qulhak (Tehran)(1)
- Qazvin(1)
- Paris(1)
- Nice(1)
- London(1)
- Kirmanshah(1)
- Khurramabad(1)
- Karbala’(1)
- Isfahan(1)
- more
- Tehran(8)
- Switzerland(3)
- Kirman(3)
- Shiraz(2)
- Qum(2)
- Germany(2)
- Burujird(2)
- Arak (ʻIraq-i ʻajam)(2)
- Yazd(1)
- United States(1)
- Rasht(1)
- Qulhak (Tehran)(1)
- Qazvin(1)
- Paris(1)
- Nice(1)
- London(1)
- Kirmanshah(1)
- Khurramabad(1)
- Karbala’(1)
- Isfahan(1)
- Iran(1)
- Harsin (Kirmanshah)(1)
- Hamadan(1)
- Haifa(1)
- France(1)
- Bushihr(1)
- Berlin(1)
- Bandar ʻAbbas(1)
- Baghdad(1)
- Afghanistan(1)
Places
English Translation
Periods
- D Post-Qajar