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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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Telegram from ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Mentions having sent a telegram to the addressee about her arrival to Kangavar, but he has not received it; her arrival to Qum and visiting her children; and her impending departure
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Telegram from Najm al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Includes the writer's well-being and mentions that a group of doctors recommended to send Vakil al-Mulk abroad to be cured; the decision for not going abroad was because of the writer's divination
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- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(2)
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(2)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(2)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(2)
- Murtaza Quli Khan Isfandiyari (Vakil al-Mulk)(1)
- Muhammad Vali Mirza Farmanfarma’ian(1)
- Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah(1)
- Huma Farmanfarma'iyan(1)
- Abu al-Qasim Nasir al-Mulk (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)