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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 and four essays - part I
First part of an anthology; includes miscellaneous writings such as an essay on music and recipes for making jams.
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Anthology and four essays - part II
Second part of an anthology; includes several essays and three marriage contracts: the first marriage contract, written by Mirza ʻAbd al-Ghaffar Khan, is between Balqays Banu, the youngest daughter of Mirza ʻAli Riza, with Muhammad Taqi Khan (Biglar Baygi of Kirman and a previous custodian in Mashhad), son of Mirza Shams al-Din Muhammad (also a former custodian of Mashhad). The second marriage contract has no trace of the bride's name or mahr. The bridegroom is Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi, son of Haji ʻAbd Allah (the judge); the third marriage contract is between Havva Baygum, the...
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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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Bayan al-tibb
Bayan al-tibb is a medical textbook written by Hubaysh ibn Ibrahim Tiflisi in the 6th century AH. This book includes three parts: the first part is about medical sciences; the second is about simple foods and drugs; and the third concerns complex foods and drugs. The author dedicates Bayan al-tibb to Malik Shah, son of Qilij Arsalan Saljuqi. Six copies of this manuscript exist.
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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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