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Poem by Tayirah Khanum for the Baha’i Temple, 1910
Note on the back: "dedicated to the Baha’i Temple Unity Convention, Chicago April 24, 1910"
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Kidnapping of a three-year old girl, 1910
Kidnapping of a girl by a few female riders
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‘Azud al-Sultan beaten by a woman in the shrine, 1911
‘Azud al-Sultan was beaten by a woman he molested at the shrine; he escaped after the shrine servants came to his aid.
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Telegraph or letter from Firuz to Dr. Haydar Mirza, 1918
Includes news of the death of Ja‘far, Khanum’s mourning, and the author’s suggestion for sending Khanum to Karbala’ and Najaf
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Woman selling girls, 1909
Gawhar Taj, known as Khanum Garrusi [from Garrus], sold one of Manuchihr Garrusi's daughters to one of Nasir al-Din Shah's wives for thirty-one tumans and the other to a house in Shahr-i naw for ten tumans
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Announcing ‘Aziz al-Saltanah's death, 1911
The fifteen-year-old daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah was buried at her father's mausoleum.
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Writing, 1910
Includes 1- a letter by Louise Waite (Shahnaz), dated December 10, 1910, describing the process by which Tayirah Khanum’s poem was translated into English for a template song, and mentioning a letter by Tayirah Khanum which accompanies the letter; 2- the text of "The Temple Song of the East," composed by Tayirah Khanum; 3- a letter from ‘Abd al-Baha’ ‘Abbas which was translated into English by Mirza Ahmad Suhrab in May 1910 and sent through him to Louise Waite, which talks about forwarding the poetry to Tayirah Khanum in Tehran to be chanted among the believers; 4- a letter from Tayirah...