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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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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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Settlement about properties inherited from Abu al-Qasim, 1926
Settlement among Zayir Husayn, Taj al-Din, Zayir Hasan, and Mashhadi Ghulamhusayn and Muhammad (son of Muhammad Ja‘far) over the inherited properties from the late Abu al-Qasim Tajir (merchant) from Kazirun; Muhammad had inherited his share from his late sister (wife of Muhammad Ibrahim, son of Abu al-Qasim)
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Three settlements regarding properties in Bushihr, 1922
Includes two settlements between Muhammad Isma‘il Mushir al-Tujjar (son of Haji Abu al-Qasim Amin al-Tujjar from Kazirun) and Zayir Hasan (son of Hasan from Abadah) and a settlement between Muhammad Karim Amin al-Tujjar, on behalf of himself and Haj Abu al-Qasim's inheritors, and Mirza Ghulamhusayn Tajir (merchant) from Kazirun, on behalf of the inheritors of Haj Muhammad Shafi‘
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Telegram to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1898
The author informs ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about arriving to Bushihr with Khanum
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Muhammad Husayn Mirza and ‘Abbas Mirza Farmanfarma’iyan to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1935
Muhammad Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma’iyan, the brother of ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar, writes to his sister-in-law, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, from Berlin on behalf of ‘Abbas Mirza. He talks about ‘Abbas Mirza's condition, his treatment, his weakness, and his need to rest. He then responds to some of ‘Izzat al-Saltanah's questions regarding the horses, dog, and some of the people who work for them. ‘Abbas Mirza has added a note asking ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to send his regards to Salar Muhtasham.
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Letter about properties of Najm al-Saltanah, 13 April 1905
A financial report on properties belonging to Najm al-Saltanah.
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Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1909 to 1924
Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including a letter from Umm al-Khaqan, 1909; Farmanfarma's letter to Shaykh Khaz‘al about the situation in Shiraz, Bushihr, and Iraq, and Britain's policy in Mesopotamia, 1920; Farmanfarma's letter to his son Nusrat al-Dawlah, the governor of Fars about Ihtiram al-Dawlah's trip to Fars, 1924; and three letters from Isma‘il Husayni regarding financial and property matters.
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From Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes about her travel: first on the way from Tehran to Qum, Mahmud Khan was thrown out of the carriage, but only had minor injuries on his hands, thus Khanum [their mother, Khadijah Sultan] sacrificed a few sheep. They stayed for one night and made pilgrimages to the shrine. The road from Qum to Burujird was bumpy. Near ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the carriage of the servants was overturned, but nobody was injured. She then describes who accompanied them, how they were welcomed in ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the places they visited, and notes that they stayed in houses provided by...
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Miscellaneous letters, 1915-1945
Miscellaneous letters, mostly written to Mahin al-Saltanah, A‘zam al-Saltanah, and Nusrat al-Saltanah.
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