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Alfiyah va shalfiyah
This manuscript is one of the class of works that goes by the generic title of 'Lizzat al-nisa’' or 'Women's pleasure.' It covers the use of medicinal drugs for personal beauty and as aphrodisiacs, and a manual explaining and illustrating various positions during sexual intercourse. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The manuscript is of Indian provenance, as is clear from the thirty-four illustrations executed in a popular nineteenth-century style. There is a personal seal, illegible, on the last page.
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Anthology [with The book of finding a spouse, and a satirical poem about women], 1887-1891
A collection of different topics by various authors, including Essay of Majdiyah, Oct 1887-Sept 1889; Essay of Good Deeds: in reply to Haji Mulla ʻAli by Haji Sayyid Hasan Vaʻiz and written in the hand of Mirza Nasr Allah, August 1889; Tazvijnamah [The Book of Finding a Spouse] by Mirza Muhammad Baqir Naji Qazvini, written in the hand of Mirza Nasr al-Allah, April 1890; Poems of Mulla Sadiq Mulla Rajab Isfahani, 1888 or 1889; Satirical poem about women, 15 September 1890; Poem on intimacy, written in the hand of Mirza Nasr al-Allah, August 1890; Writings of Haj Shaykh al-Ra'is Qajar,...
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Anthology of food, [ca. 1873 or 1874]
A satirical anthology of poetry that uses Iranian foods to make fun of government elites, both men and women, including: Nasir al-Din Shah, Muzaffar al-Din Shah (Vali ʻAhd), Aqa Vajih, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Amin al-Saltanah, Turan Aqa, Tuman Aqa, Anis al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Saltanah, Taj al-Dawlah, Shams al-Dawlah, Akhtar al-Saltanah, Badr al-Saltanah, Zaynab al-Saltanah, ʻIffat al-Saltanah, ʻAʼishah Khanum, Hajiyah Khanum, Amin Aqdas, Imam Jumʻah, Atabak Aʻzam, Iʻtimad al-Saltanah, Shaykh al-Islam, Nazim al-Bikaʼ. The writer, Mayil Afshar, received the titles...
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Anthology, including Valiah Khanum's Divan, Basat-i nishat, Beauty and love
This manuscript consists of three parts: Valiah Khanum's Divan (Husn Jahan Khanum, daughter of Fathʻali Shah and Sunbul Khanum), Basat-i nishat, Beauty and Love. The introduction to Valiah Khanum's Divan is written by Sayyid Razi Adl Amini in 1939. The second part, Basat-i nishat, has no date. It mentions three types of love, between men and women, between two men and between two women, an gives examples of each type. The third piece is by Muhammad Fuzuli. The date of scribing is 1858.
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Basat-i nishat
A sarcastic and male-centered essay in which noble women are "ugly" or old, and female slaves are pretty, kind and well-behaved.There are parts on men's desire for men and women's desire for women, vows of sisterhood, preparation of the bride and groom for the wedding night, wives and husbands relationships, etc. Parts of the document refer to Kulsum Nanah. At the end, there is a review of different types of pleasure according to their length.
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Biographical dictionary of selected women poets
Includes poetry attributed to Shah Jahan Baygum, ruler of Bhopal; Zib al-Nisaʼ Baygum, daughter of Awrangzib (Emperor of India); Mahd-i ʻUliya (d. 1873/1290 AH), mother of Nasir al-Din Shah; Hajiyah Qamar al-Saltanah, daughter of Fathʻali Shah, wife of Haj Mirza Husayn Khan Sipahsalar; Agha Kuchak, great granddaughter of Fathʻali Shah; Qamar of the Qajar family; Qurrat al-ʻAyn; Sanʻat Lari; Hajiyah Gawhar Khanum; Agha Baji of the harem of Fathʻali Shah; Fakhri, daughter of Fathʻali Shah; Hajiyah, wife of Fathʻali Shah; ʻIffat Nisaʼ; Masturah Kurdistani; Zubaydah (Jahan) Khanum, daughter of...
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Biographies of Sufi women, 1817 or 1818
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Collection of correspondence, orders and political correspondence of the Qajar era, [19th century]
Consists of 226 items, mostly official orders and correspondence, belonging to Mirza ‘Ali Khan Qadimi, a Qajar official and minister, written in the hand of his son. The first nine pages provide a comprehensive index of the collection materials, including: five letters to princes, the Premier, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, and about the sums of cash from Nawruz gifts; ten letters to Mahd-i ‘Ulya, the king, and Mustawfi al-Mamalik, and the cash from Nawruz gifts, condolence letters, and letters about internal political affairs dating from 1857-58 [1273-74 AH]; a marriage contract between Nur Muhammad Khan...
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Collection of essays
The manuscript includes different essays: An essay by Muhammad Taqi Burghani (1758- 1845) and another by Shaykh Muhammad Razi Gilani. The collection also includes these three: Explanation and receipt for doing prayers on behalf of the deceased Sayyidah Kulsum, the daughter of Haji Sayyid ʻAli (Dod. 1898) and the will of Muhammad Razi, the son of Mirza Kuchak (including instructions for paying the mahr of two wives). The will is dated 6 November 1900. At the end of the manuscript there is a short part on the etiquette of marriage.
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Collection of essays
This anthology includes both prose and verses by Qalandar Shah (d. 1879) and some other sufi writings. There is also a short essay on medicine which is dedicated to Mahd-i ʻUlya. Most parts are dated between 1839 and 1874. There are some letters in the manuscript as well including Qaʼim Maqam letters to ʻAbbas Mirza, the Crown Prince.
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