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Zahabiyan family

Left to right: (standing): Barukh Fahimiyan, Aqa Jan Zahabiyan, Khan Baba Zahabiyan (infant), Murdikhay [Mordekhai] Matahtiya, ʻAbd Allah, ʻAta Allah, Habib Muruvati (Nuril), Amir Darvish, Yusuf Zahabiyan; (seated) Muhtaram, Victoria, Khanum, Bibi Jan, Muhtaram, Sara Rashti (Nanah Agha), Muluk Nihurayuf (Nuril), Sinur, Musa, Yaʻqub, Ruh Allah, ʻAziz Allah.
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Petition of a woman to Amin al-Sultan

A petition, to Amin al-Sultan, written by a woman who was converted to Islam from Judaism by the Friday prayer-leader four years ago. She was forced to marry and now her husband has fled his creditors and left her with their young children wandering in Tehran. She has taken refuge in Amin al-Sultan's house in hope for some help in the cold weather.
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Ittihad school graduates

Right to left: (back row) Daniyal Karimi, Murad ʻIlmi, Hayyim Mahdiyan, Khalil ʻAmid, Khalil Hurfar, Davud Nikzad, ʻIzzat Muttaliʻ, Shukr Allah Maburakh, ʻAbd Allah Zirihi, Yusuf Bakhaj; (middle row) Saʻid Kimiya Bakhsh, Khalil Purat, Iran Nahmu, Zarrin Bihravish, Nawbakht, Muluk Taban, Muluk Farhumand, Sara Hizqiyan, Gawhar Nikfarjam, Mahmud Badiʻ, Murad Kuhan; (front row) Monsieur Arari, Mademoiselle Datilzuik, Monsieur Israʼil, Madam Israʼil, Monsieur Siyun [Zion], Monsieur Salih Furuzan.
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Naydavud family

Left to right: Murtiza Khan Naydavud, Parvin (his oldest daughter) and Sultan Gabbay (his sister).
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Baba uf and Hakkakian family

From left: (back row) Iran Baba uf (Purat), Jahan Baba uf (Sarraf); (seated) Aqa Jan Hakkakian, Tuba Musanin (Baba uf), Amir Baba uf; (children) Rawhaniyah Baba uf (Nasim), Mahdi Baba uf.
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Haqnazarzadah family

Right to left: (standing) Ayyub Haqnazarzadah, Sultan ( Ayyub's wife), Sima (wife of Yaʻqub), Yaʻqub (son of Sultan and Ayyub), Iraj (infant son of Yaʻqub); (seated, children of Sultan and Ayyub): Vikturiya [Victoria] (Sitarah), Khakham and Pari.
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Zakariya and Sabiya Qatan

Portrait of Zakariya and Sibiya Qatan (also known as Baba Haʼi and Nanah Haʼi), parents of Farha Muradpur. Zakariya Qatan was the neighborhood's arbiter and grandfather of Shamsi Hikmat and Barukh Birukhim.
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Maʼir Muhbir family

Left to right: Shamuʼil Nahdar, Barukh Muhbir, Maʼir Muhbir, Niʻumi [Naomi], Khvurshid (sister of Shamuʼil) holding Siyun [Zion] Muhbir, Binyahu Guliyan; (seated) Musa Guliyan (Binyahu's brother), Humayun Muhbir, Iran Muhbir (Kuhan), Nurya Muhbir.
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Old house in Kalimiyan neighborhood of Tehran, ca. 1980

Interior of a house on Sirus Street in the Sar Chal neighborhood of Tehran.
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Aqa Jabbar Hakimiyan with his son and his son's fiance

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