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Hikmat family

Left to right: (standing) Mashti (house guard), Sultan Khanum (wife of Dr. Ibrahim), Qamar or Zarrin (daughter of Sultan Khanum), Gawhar (daughter of Dachi and granddaughter of Hakim Ishaq), Tuti Khanum (daughter of Dada Murvarid), unidentified, unidentified, Nanah (sister of Dada Murvarid and mother of Shamsi, Tuba and Tavus), Dada Murvarid (daughter of Hakim Ishaq), Dachi Anvari (sister of Dada Murvarid and mother of Gawhar); (seated) Dr. Ibrahim Firuzbakhsh (brother of Dada Murvarid and father of Daniyal), Harun ʻAraqchi Mirza Hadi (husband of Gawhar and father of Iran and Turan), Hakim...
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Jewish woman's conversion to Islam, 1901

Includes three telegrams by Muhsin from Savujbulagh regarding a Jewish woman who fled and converted to Islam with the help of a Kurdish Muslim; her husband declared his conversion by shaving his head and beard in order to take his wife back; later, he denied the conversion and announced that he was coerced to convert. Some of the ‘ulama accused him of blasphemy and ordered his killing. Thus, people have gathered to witness the execution and are causing turmoil. The writer has arrested the man to protect him from execution and asks for guidance on how to settle the matter.
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Ketubah of Furha and Yaʻqub, 5670 [1910]

Marriage contract of Furha, daughter of Yusuf, and Yaʻqub, son of Avram.
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Engagement celebration in Hafiz al-Sihhah's house

Photograph of the engagement ceremony of Qudsiyah Khanum and Nusrat Allah Bahir in the house of Hafiz al-Sihhah (seated, top-center in a dark suit), also known as Haji Baba, Dr. Hafizi and Hakim Rahmim. Left to right: (seated): Farangis Ittihadiah, Ihsan, Nadirah, Bahirah, Muluk Firuz, Ziya’ al-Din Faridiyan, Sughra Faridiyan, Hajar and Ruha Siraj, Maryam Iftikhar, Dr. Isma‘il Iftikhar (holding Mahbubah Iftikhar), ʻAli Firuz, Habib Siraj, Dina Khanum Banu Tash (holding Masʻud Ittihadiah), Qudsiyah Bahir, Hafiz al-Sihhah, Haji Nanah (Gawhar Khanum), Nusrat Allah Bahir (seated behind Haji...
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Aminuf family

Right to left: (standing) unidentified, Yusuf Aminuf (holding a self-made "Qafqazi" tar), Mani Aminuf, Tamara Aminuf Gabbay (wife of Musiyu Binua [Monsieur Benoit] Gabbay), Yafa Aminuf (wife of the translator Niʻmat Allah Shakib), Gabrʼil Aminuf, Rubin Aminuf; (seated) unidentified, Manzil (sister of Hizqiya), Hizqiya (Aminuf family elder), Zulaykha Aminuf (mother), unidentified, unidentified; (seated on ground) Liza Sulayman (daughter of Mani Aminuf and wife of Mushah [Moshe] Barukh), unidentified.
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Mustafa to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1913

Mustafa reports about the city, including the story of taking several prostitutes to the house of Haj Shaykh Baqir Mujtahid to execute Shariʻah law. He also talks about the harassment of a Jewish woman. The author has sent two copies of this report, one to Tehran and the other to Tabriz.
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899

Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...
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Khalpari, Ayinahchi and Talasazan families

Left to right: (standing) Ishaq Khalpari (fifth son of Haji Shalamu), Musa Ayinahchi (son of Rafa’il), Sharaf (friend), Ilyahu Sasun Khalpari (third son of Haji Shalamu), Ruh Allah Khalpari (second son of Haji Shalamu), Sulayman Talasazan (son-in-law of Rafa’il), Khanum Agha Ayinahchi (daughter of Rafa’il and wife of Sulayman Talasazan); (seated) Davud Khalpari, Ashraf Khanum Shayi‘far (wife of Davud), Haj Khanum Khalpari (wife of Haji Shalamu), Haji Shalamu Khalpari, Ashraf Uriyan (wife of Ruh Allah), Nusrat Ayinahchi (daughter of Shalamu and wife of Rafa’il), Aqa Rafa’il Ayinahchi...
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Travel journal

ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani's travel journal. ʻAlaviyah Khanum, ʻAli Khan and a few others went on Hajj and made pilgrimages to the shrines in Iraq. On the way back to Iran, she visited a number of cities including Tehran and the Nasiri Court. This travel journal was written by ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani. On the first page of the book (this page was written by ʻAli Khan at the request of ʻAlaviyah Khanum), ʻAlaviyah Khanum noted that she wrote this book because she missed her husband and also to record these events in history. The author's actual name is not known and "ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani"...
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Hakim family

Right to left: (top row) Mishkat Hakim (brother of Musa Hakim), Girtrud [Gertrude] Nur Allah (daughter of Mirza Nur Allah Hakim), Dr. Ghulam Husayn Khan Hakim (son of Arastu Hakim), Malihah (daughter of Dr. Ayyub Hakim), Dr. Ayyub Hakim, Taliʻah (wife of Mishkat Hakim, daughter of Dr. Ayyub Hakim), ʻInayat Allah Sapir (older brother of Ruh Allah Sapir), Dr. Lutf Allah Hakim; (second row) Badiʻah Hakim (wife of Mirza Jalinus Hakim), Parviz Hakim (infant held by his mother, Badiʻah Hakim), Istir [Esther] (wife of Mirza Nur Allah Hakim), Dr. Arastu Khan Hakim (maternal uncle of Ruh Allah...

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