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Anthology of food, [ca. 1873 or 1874]
A satirical anthology of poetry that uses Iranian foods to make fun of government elites, both men and women, including: Nasir al-Din Shah, Muzaffar al-Din Shah (Vali ʻAhd), Aqa Vajih, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Amin al-Saltanah, Turan Aqa, Tuman Aqa, Anis al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Saltanah, Taj al-Dawlah, Shams al-Dawlah, Akhtar al-Saltanah, Badr al-Saltanah, Zaynab al-Saltanah, ʻIffat al-Saltanah, ʻAʼishah Khanum, Hajiyah Khanum, Amin Aqdas, Imam Jumʻah, Atabak Aʻzam, Iʻtimad al-Saltanah, Shaykh al-Islam, Nazim al-Bikaʼ. The writer, Mayil Afshar, received the titles...
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Taj al-Dawlah
Wife of Nasir al-Din Shah
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Taj al-Dawlah
Taj al-Dawlah was wife of Nasir al-Din Shah.
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Taj al-Dawlah and her granddaughetrs
Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife, with her two granddaughters, ʻIsmat al-Muluk and Fakhr al-Taj, and another woman
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Khayrat-i hisan
Khayrat-i hisan, 3 volumes, Tehran: no publisher, 1887, 1888, and 1889. Compiled by by Muhammad Hasan Khan Iʿtimad al-Saltanah, a biographical dictionary of famous women of Islam, provides information on some forty learned women from courtly circles in Qajar period.
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Correspondence related to Taj al-Dawlah
Correspondence regarding the pension of Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife: 1- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister addressed to the Ministry of Finance, stating that despite the approval of the cabinet, Taj al-Dawlah's pension has not been paid to her. The writer is requesting the payment of all her delayed funds; 2- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister, stating that upon the approval of the cabinet on 15 July, 1913, Taj al-Dawlah's pension (from 21 March, 1913) will be fully paid to her on a monthly basis; 3- a letter from Taj al-Dawlah complaining about not...
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Taj al-Dawlah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, and Fakhr al-Taj
Inscription: "Taj al-Dawlah wife of Nasir al-Din Shah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Khanum Fakhr Taj;" ʻIsmat al-Dawlah was daughter of Taj al-Dawlah and Fakhr al-Taj was daughter of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah
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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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Taj al-Dawlah and her sisters
From left: Balqays Khanum Jahanbani, Khujastah Khanum Jahanbani (Taj al-Dawlah), and Mihr Arfaʻ Jahanbani.
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Taj al-Dawlah
Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's second permanent wife. Inscription on the photograph: "Khanum Taj al-Dawlah, the first permanent wife of Nasir al-Din Shah, daughter of Sayf Allah Mirza son of Fathʻali Shah, mother of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah"
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