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Regarding Mashhadi ‘Abbas's daughter's virginity, 1902
Aqa Mir Yusuf Musavi reports on the case of the loss of virginity of the daughter of Mashhadi ‘Abbas from Chibni. According to the witnesses, the suspect is ‘Abd al-Husayn, the son of Qahraman, from the same village, who was beaten up at the request of the girl's father and then fled on the advice of Karbalayi ‘Abbas.
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Lizzat al-nisa’
Lizzat al-nisa’ or Women's Pleasure, written by Ziyaʼ al-Din Nakhshabi in the 8th century AH. The book includes 10 parts, covering such topics as the manners of intercourse and foods and medicines with aphrodisiac effects. It contains illustrated images of different intercourse positions. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The style of illustrations would indicate that the manuscript is possibly of nineteenth-century Indian provenance.
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Shaykh Muhammad Hasan's petition, 1915
Petition by Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the representative from Garus, to the Majlis regarding the plunders and crimes committed by Salar al-Dawlah and others during the Majlis closure. The writer describes how Mirza, son of Bahram Khalifah from Gulbagh, attacked the village of Chishmah Kazim and put his father's building on fire, where people, including women, had taken shelter, and raped the women. While Mirza was arrested and taken to a Kurdistan court by Sardar Muhay, he was not punished and continues his crimes.
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Alfiyah va shalfiyah
This manuscript is one of the class of works that goes by the generic title of 'Lizzat al-nisa’' or 'Women's pleasure.' It covers the use of medicinal drugs for personal beauty and as aphrodisiacs, and a manual explaining and illustrating various positions during sexual intercourse. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The manuscript is of Indian provenance, as is clear from the thirty-four illustrations executed in a popular nineteenth-century style. There is a personal seal, illegible, on the last page.
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Mujtahid Isfahani, sent from Rasht, regarding a woman who has ended her fast in Ramadan during what she had falsely thought to be her menstruation; withdrawal before ejaculation; rent in case of tenant's death; and renting Takiyah during ʻAshura
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Flyer listing the drugs available at the Central Pharmacy of Tehran, 1894
Announcement from the drugstore owned by the pharmacist of his majesty [Nasir al-Din Shah] about the medicines currently available at the Central Pharmacy of Tehran, including the instructions, price, weight, and packaging information for each drug.
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Questions and answers, 1931
Questions for Ayatollah ‘Abd al-Karim Ha’iri from Yazd regarding various issues, including women menstruation during Hajj, temporary marriage between an underage girl or boy and an adult man or woman, with the permission from the child's father, and their sexual pleasure and intercourse
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Questions and answers, 1925
Questions for Shaykh ‘Abd al-Karim Mujtahid Ha’iri, regarding various issues related to prayers, fasts, and ablution after intercourse, as well as animal slaughter
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Mujtahid Isfahani, including various issues related to prayer and ablution; transactions with apostates; a person who has transferred his properties to his sons a few hours before his death, excluding his daughter from inheritance; bestowing a pair of silver hamsa amulets; urinating and ablution in a public bath; divorce after a woman's menstruation; and the need for a muhallil after three divorces