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About selling ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah's female slave, 1909
Published in issue no. 45: ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s female slave was given to Haji Mirza Aqa Bardah-furush (slave seller) to be sold in the bazaar. She had fled but later was captured by police and given back to Haji Mirza Aqa; issue no. 46: three woman have stepped in to raise money for the slave’s freedom; issue no. 47: ‘Ali Muhammad Khan, ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s agent, comes to the office of Iran-i naw and states that the female slave, named Ziba, actually belonged to ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s wife, ‘Azimat al-Dawlah, who had granted her freedom a few days earlier. ‘Ali Muhammad Khan holds her letter...
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Arghavan Baji
Arghavan Baji (seated), female slave of Shukuh al-Saltanah, mother of Muzaffar al-Din Shah.
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Asad Allah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Regarding property of Hasan Khan Shahab Lashkar, his mother, and his wife; their deception by Khalil Khan and his son, Sar Khvush Khan; usurpation of their belongings including six male slaves and some weapons; and their imprisonment
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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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Contracts
A number of agreements between Iran (mostly Qajar) and other countries. Some include notes on the slave trade.
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Copy of settlement between Rubabah and Fatimah Sultan, 1900
Copy of a settlement between Rubabah, daughter of Muhammad Khalil, son of Haj Muhammad from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, and her aunt, Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the merchant Muhammad Mahdi from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, who is Rubabah's mother-in-law, exchanging everything that Rubabah owns, including property, money, gold jewelry, copperware, books, furniture, clothes, and dishes for seventy-five grams of sugar candy.
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Farman Farma's decree to Ibrahim Khan, 1879
Farman Farma's decree addressed to Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier], who ruled Baluchistan, Bam, and Narmashir, prohibiting the sale of the peasants as female and male slaves
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Four copies of marriage contract, 1714 to 1827
First image: copy of the marriage contract of Farangis Khanum, daughter of Lutf‘ali Khan, and Murtaza Quli Mirza, son of Haydar Quli Mirza (son of Fath‘ali Shah Qajar), with mahr of five hundred tumans, May 28, 1827; second image: copy of the marriage contract of Shams Banu, daughter of Fath‘ali Shah Qajar, and Mirza Musa Khan, son of Mirza Buzurg; third image: copy of a marriage contract, November 20, 1805; fourth image: copy of the marriage contract of Aminah Sultan Baygum, daughter of Mirza Ghiyas al-Din Mansur al-Husayni, and Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali al-Musavi...
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Group portrait
From left: sisters of Mah Taban (Sultan Khanum, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, and Malik Khanum), a male slave, and a female slave holding Mah Taban (mother of Sima Amir Ebrahimi)
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Group portrait
From the left: servant (name unknown), Rawshan Kalantari, ‘Ishrat al-Muluk ‘Amiri, Uranus Kalantari, Taj Isfandiyari, Muhammad ‘Amiri (child), Aman Allah ‘Amiri, Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari, and Furugh Nusrat ‘Amiri
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