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Regarding ‘Azra Khanum's salary, 1910
‘Azra Khanum, the thirty-two year old daughter of the late Mirza Mahmud Afshar and wife of ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan Ilbaygi of the Afshar tribe, from Asad Abad of Hamadan and resident of Savujbulagh, and represented by Mirza Muhammad Khan, receives her inherited salary of eight kharvar and eighty mans (kharvar and man are units of weight) of barley, which belonged to her since 1885 or 1886. Documents include an invoice with a note on verso regarding Nasir al-Din Shah's decree in 1885 or 1886 about ‘Azra Khanum's right to this salary as well as ‘Azra Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Muhammad...
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Letter from Mirza Lutf Allah from Asadabad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
The writer, after sending his gratitude and expressing his service and devotion to the addressee, writes about his work for Muhammad Husayn Khan, grandchild of Sahib Ikhtiyar, per Sahib Ikhtiyar's request. He notes the difficulties of working for Muhammad Husayn Khan and his delay and incompetence in paying workers' wages; despite promising the author to pay his salary, Taji Khanum is reluctant to do so. At the end, he asks the addressee to order that his salary be paid.
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Notebook regarding the government of Kirmanshah, provinces of Sunqur and Kulyayi
The notebook includes two reports. First one, Sunqur and Kulyayi's governor's reports to Kirmanshahan's government concerning bi-annual record of the year of 1924. The second report is to answer the questions of the ministries of commerce, agriculture and public works about the cattle plague in the area.
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Correspondence of Tajmah Khanum
Correspondence of Tajmah Khanum, daughter of I‘tizad al-Saltanah, including a letter from her father discussing the use of mineral water and his return to Tehran in the near future, July [27?], 1880; a letter to Nasir al-Din Shah regarding a property in Khani Abad; guest lists and letters to her husband ‘Izz al-Dawlah Salur regarding the weddings of their daughters.
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Kamran Dowlatshahi's Interview
Kamran Dowlatshahi's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar in Davood Mirza Muzaffari Qajar's house on 30 October 2009. He shares his memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people, especially women, in the Qajar era.
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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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