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Haft Vazir, 1936
Mirza ‘Ali Akbar, a descendant of Mulla Bashi, has written the book Haft Vazir [Seven Ministers] in Turkish using the Persian alphabet; ‘Ali Akbar Danishiyan's signature is on the back cover.
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One thousand and one nights, 1916
According to the book's introduction, Bahman Mirza, son of Nayib al-Saltanah ʻAbbas Mirza, orders ʻAbd al-Latif Tassuji Tabrizi to translate the manuscript from Arabic to Persian.
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Yudʻim family
Right to left: Khakham Yudʻim (seated), Sulayman Yudʻim (standing), ʻAziz Agha Yudʻim, Munis Yudʻim, Khan Baba Yudʻim, unidentified; (seated on ground) Jalis Agha Yudʻim (Farhumand), Anis Yudʻim (Naysan), unidentified.
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Receipt of borrowed books, 1916
The author had borrowed some of the late Haji Sarhang [Colonel] Khan's books and will return them upon Hajiyah Khanum [Haji Khan's wife]'s request.
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Pand Namah-i Mulla Baji, 1912
Book of Advice of Mulla Baji [female tutor], written by ‘Ali Zadah Pizishk
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Translation by Khanum Hajib, 1916
["Fontainbleu" by Edmond Pilon?], a translation from French by Khanum Hajib (Nayyir ‘Uzma), daughter of Fasl Bahar Khanum (Iran al-Dawlah) and Hajib al-Dawlah; this translation, published in the periodical "ʻAsri-i Jadid (No. 64, 2nd year), was part of a larger serialized text.
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Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining women], 1916
Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisaʼ, is a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters.
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To Haji Javad Ganjah, 1916 to 1917
Letters addressed to Haji Javad Ganjah: 1- Sayyid Husayn Aqa to Haji Javad Aqa Ganjah, regarding Habib Aqa the barber's sexual conduct with an underage boy and his consequent arrest (January 12, 1916); 2- from Mahmud Mahmud'uf (September 13, 1916); 3- Fatimah Khanum's letter of greetings from Tabriz to Haji Javad Aqa in Tehran (October 11, 1916); 4- Mahmud Mahmud'uf from Tabriz to Javad Aqa Ganjah in Tehran (January 10, 1917); 5- Muhammad Muhsin and Muhammad Hasan to Javad Aqa the merchant from Ganjah in Tehran (January 10, 1917); 6- from the mother regarding the birth of Muhammad Hasan...
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Persian American Educational Society, 1910
It includes three parts: Statement, Constitution, and Bylaws
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Jamilah Khanum's endowment, 1908
Jamilah Khanum, the daughter of Husaynquli Khan, has endowed a school and a mosque she had built to the south of her own house and has appointed Qamar Taj Khanum, the daughter of Riza Quli Khan Fakhim al-Dawlah as the custodian. Qamar Taj Khanum will be responsible for assigning the prayer Imam and hiring the tutors, servants, and students, whose salaries, along with the other costs of the school and the mosque, will be derived from the revenue of some properties in the village of Suharin in Zanjan Rud district. Jamilah Khanum has also designated the custodianship honorarium for Qamar Taj...