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Ahmad to Salar Mu‘azzam, 1903
Letter from Ahmad to Salar Mu‘azzam. He writes about his travel to Karbala and Najaf, recommends a warmer relationship with Mu‘in al-Tujjar, describes how the ambassador was received by Sardar Akram, discusses the management of his properties, talks about the well-being of Hajar and Salar Mu‘azzam's mother, and the increasing of house rents in Tehran and his personal debts.
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Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1909 to 1924
Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including a letter from Umm al-Khaqan, 1909; Farmanfarma's letter to Shaykh Khaz‘al about the situation in Shiraz, Bushihr, and Iraq, and Britain's policy in Mesopotamia, 1920; Farmanfarma's letter to his son Nusrat al-Dawlah, the governor of Fars about Ihtiram al-Dawlah's trip to Fars, 1924; and three letters from Isma‘il Husayni regarding financial and property matters.
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Division of Qamar Taj Khanum’s inheritance, 1933
The possessions of the late Qamar Taj Khanum, daughter of the late Riza Quli Khan Fakhim al-Dawlah, have been divided amongst her inheritors, Husayn Quli Khan Zu al-Faqari (her husband) and her children (Ahmad Khan Mani‘ al-Dawlah, Hamid Khan, Buyuk Khan, Akram Khan, and Ashraf Khan).
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Letter about prayers on behalf of Nuzhat al-Dawlah, 1954
The writer gives an account of the contracts s/he has made with Shaykh Muhammad Riza Isfahani and Aqa ‘Abd al-Riza Baqiyan for performing prayers on behalf of the late Hajiyah Nuzhat al-Dawlah in Karbala’ and Najaf and has enclosed invoices.
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; about his trip, news of the family, including Nusrat Allah’s children being sent to a school in Isfahan except Mihran and Mihrdad, who will be staying in Kirman, Niptun’s marriage ceremony in Tehran, her own blurred vision, Mirza Muhammad Khan's collection of pistachios in Abariq, and discusses her pilgrimage
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Miscellaneous correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, including the following: a letter from ʻAlimuhammad Qasimi to ʻAliyah Khanum [Subh-i Azal] inviting her to visit Iran with a prayer on the verso; an envelope addressed to the Dawlatabadi sisters and sent to Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Khan Ansari's home address with a note on the verso: "there is a piece of handwriting by your late father [Mirza Hadi Dawlatabadi];" a letter from a Bengali scholar to Subh-i ʻAzal requesting books on the Babi religion, so that he could decide about its validity; three letters and a prayer, two of them are written by Shaykh Ahmad [Ruhi...
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Tanbih al-Na’imin
The printed book of Tanbih al-Na’imin, written by ‘Izziyah Khanum, the elder sister of Subh-i Azal, responding to a Letter from ‘Abbas Afandi, her nephew, and rejecting claims of her brother Mirza Husayn ‘Ali Baha’ Allah. This copy includes as well an introduction (author's name not indicated), Afandi's Letter, a sermon and an essay by Haji Mirza Ahmad Kirmani.
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Travel journal
ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani's travel journal. ʻAlaviyah Khanum, ʻAli Khan and a few others went on Hajj and made pilgrimages to the shrines in Iraq. On the way back to Iran, she visited a number of cities including Tehran and the Nasiri Court. This travel journal was written by ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani. On the first page of the book (this page was written by ʻAli Khan at the request of ʻAlaviyah Khanum), ʻAlaviyah Khanum noted that she wrote this book because she missed her husband and also to record these events in history. The author's actual name is not known and "ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani"...
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Umm al-Khaqan's legal and financial documents
Legal and financial documents belonging to Taj al-Muluk Khanum Umm al-Khaqan, daughter of ‘Izzat al-Dawlah and Amir Kabir, wife of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, and mother of ‘Izzat al-Dawlah (wife of Farmanfarma) and Muhammad ‘Ali Shah, including: Settlement to transfer the ownership of some properties of Mirza Haji Rahim Vakil al-Dawlah to Umm al-Khaqan (1895 -1898); settlement concerning properties of Umm al-Khaqan and Mirza Haji Rahim Vakil al-Dawlah (1906); a note from Umm al-Khaqan concerning her debt of 3,800 tomans to Farmanfarma (1901 or 1902); power of attorney from Umm al-Khaqan to ‘Abd...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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