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Report on the murder of Sayyid Mahdi Yazdi

Report with Amirnizam's seal about the murder of Sayyid Mahdi from Yazd by Muhammad Husayn Uskuyi
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Letters from Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi to Jalal Azal

Copies of a collection of letters from Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi to Jalal Azal. In one letter, Qamar Taj writes about the works that she has kept.
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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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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1950

Includes greetings and talks about his travels, sending dates and citrus fruit to Kirman, sending potatoes to Kirman to be delivered to Vakil Abad, borrowing money from Faraj Allah if needed, asks for a radio battery, and inquires about the price of wheat and barley in Narmashir and Abariq
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Filicide, 1910

Sadiq, with the help of the sister of his first wife, killed his son from his second wife who had died a while after she was divorced, by throwing him in a well; the sister-in-law confessed and was sentenced to death by being thrown from a high location
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Writing, 1908

It begins with quotations from Baha’ Allah and ‘Abd al-Baha’, and includes the importance of the meeting between Tayirah Khanum, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, and Mr. Sydney on uniting west and east under the Baha'i faith; at the end of their talk, they told Tayirah Khanum about American women, and Tayirah Khanum took off her pearl necklace and handed it to Mr. Remey to give it to the American women. This pearl necklace was given to Tayirah Khanum by Malakah Iran, sister of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. It also includes a list of Baha’i women who hold meetings in different cities in Iran.
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Letter to Mrs. Platt, 1929

Letter likely from Susan I. Moody to Mrs. Platt (Orol); including greetings and news of Baha’i friends, and the writer's severe cold beacuse of bad weather
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Letter

Greeting letter, addressed to the writer's sister, expressing sympathy about the hardship that she has been through and discussing a document related to a stipend (she instructs the addressee how to find it). She also has some news from Karbala’.
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Mahyar Khalili's interview

Mahyar Khalili's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi and Mihrdad Ghaffari on 6 June 2013. Mahyar Khalili shares his memory of old time weddings, and also other memories related to family members.
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Letter from Muhammad

Letter of greetings from Muhammad about some family news, including his child's typhoid fever. Also, reporting on the purchase of some medicine in Mashhad for the addressee, that some medicines are hard to find due to the difficulty of trade with Russia, and that he is sending some different samples. He also talks about purchasing of some textiles and women clothing.

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