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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Khadijah Sultan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her mother, Khadijah Sultan Khanum and expresses her concern about not receiving letters from her; talks about the moderate winter weather in Hamadan, the nice people there, and her new social life; she describes how women dress in Hamadan, that the old fashions in Tehran are now becoming fashionable in Hamadan: women wear chaqchur [a kind of leggings] when leaving the house as there is no carriage road in the city and people either walk or ride a donkey. She discusses the way they make jams and sweets and mentions that the prices of some goods are...
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Khadijah Sultan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her mother, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, in Tehran, from Hamadan, and tells her that she is still waiting for her boxes from Tehran, that she does not have enough appropriate clothing to wear and that this is embarrassing when she has visitors, especially European guests. She asks her mother to buy new fashionable clothing for her and gives her a list of items she needs, including a pair of shoes, a black chador, some textiles from which to tailor a dress to wear in front of her European guests on Nawruz, some other textiles for her chaqchur [a kind of...
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Letters from Sadiqah Khanum
Letters from Sadiqah Khanum to her brother Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Munshi Bashi.
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt
Includes the story of a man who converted to Baha'ism after a defeat by a small Baha'i man in a wrestling match, the same small man carrying ‘Abd al-Baha’'s tablets; a package they received from the addressee; and activities and funding for the school.
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- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(2)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(2)
- Sadiqah Khanum (daughter of Sitarah Khanum and Mirza Mas‘ud Shaykh al-Islam)(1)
- Munshi Bashi(1)
- Muhammad Vali Mirza Farmanfarma’ian(1)
- Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami (Raʼis al-Mujahidin)(1)
- Huma Farmanfarma'iyan(1)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(1)
- Abu al-Qasim Nasir al-Mulk (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- Abu al-Hasan Khan (Baha' Nizam)(1)
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