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Letters from Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Najm al-Saltanah's letters to her brother ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including the following: one about a disease outbreak in Tehran and the health of various women at the court; one requesting her brother's advice on several properties, including Ismaʻil Abad and the qanat of Rustam Abad; some about the appointment of her husband Vakil al-Mulk to the Ardabil government; one about her decision to cancel her pilgrimage at Farmanfarma's request; one about her desire that Muzaffar al-Din Mirza (then the crown prince) permit his daughter (Ashraf Fakhr al-Dawlah, daughter of Surur...
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Letters from Nizam al-Saltanah to Riza Quli Khan Mafi
Letters from Husayn Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi to his nephew Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi regarding the political situation of the country; his marital life; requesting food from Tehran; sending a horse to Sardar Arfa‘; sending Qavam al-Dawlah's documents; the cook's complaints and the price of goods; management and selling of his property to pay for his debts; the animosity of ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak Amin al-Sultan; his intention to travel to England; his son, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan and his travel to Belgium; insecurity in the borders of Azarbayjan; his relations with the...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, probably from Muntasir Lashkar; inquires about ‘Amid Lashkar's education and tells him to ask Mashhadi Bayram‘ali to look after the children well; discusses sending flour by way of Haji Khan, purchasing wheat to make flour, promissory notes, taxes, Iftikhar al-Dawlah, and the letter to Hamid Khan; urges ‘Amid Lashkar to supervise the children's education; and lastly, sends his greetings to Validah Maqami [a woman who is like a mother].
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; urges ‘Amid Lashkar to write more about himself and the family; discusses meeting Satvat al-Saltanah, his concern about the city's situation, delays with salary, taxes from Ardabil; the allowance for the late Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali's inheritors, including Muntasir Lashkar, ‘Amid Lashkar, Zayn al-‘Abidin, Hasan, and Baygum, and also the allowance for Kalb Husayn Khan's inheritors. At the end, he sends greetings to the family and asks ‘Amid Lashkar to forbid everyone in the writer's household and his own from leaving the house to attend Muharram's Rawzah Khvani and...
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Written by Mihrtaj Rakhshan, 1910
Written by the Head of Madrisah-i Umm al-Madaris, regarding donations for Ardabil
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Group portrait
The inscription on verso reads: "presenting this photograph, taken on October 24, 1926 in Ardabil, to Abu al-Fath Khan Saduqi as a memento, signature: [illegible], October 25, 1926."
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Settlements between Zulaykha and Mirza Baqir, 1928-1935
Three settlements between Zulaykha Baqiri, daughter of Hanifah Bayg (resident of Abadkuh) and wife of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-‘Ali (from Yingi Abad) and Mirza Baqir Iskandari, son of Haji Iskandar (from Miyanah), regarding the sale of her paternal inheritance located in the villages of Inchah and Khan Yurdi. The first one, dated February 8, 1928, is for thirty-six tumans; the second one, dated April 20, 1934, with Yadallah Bayg Baqiri, son of Zulaykha, acting as her attorney, is for forty-two tumans; and the third one, dated November 27, 1935, also with Yadallah Bayg as her attorney, is for...
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Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 25 November 1895
Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah writes to her brother, ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, about the government of Ardabil, Nazm al-Saltanah, and ʻAyn al-Dawlah. ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma's response is written on the margins. The envelope has the seal of Najm al-Saltanah's husband, Mirza Fazl Allah Khan Vakil al-Mulk.
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Correspondence about a dispute with Haji Nazm al-Saltanah, [late 19th century]
Two letters concerning the sender's complaints about his posting to Ardabil and a dispute with Haji Nazm al-Saltanah.
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Letter about Najm al-Saltanah and Vakil al-Mulk [Tabrizi], [early 20th century]
The unidentified sender writes news of Najm al-Saltanah and her husband, Vakil al-Mulk [Tabrizi], including the possible pregnancy of Najm al-Saltanah.
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