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Anthology and four essays - part II
Second part of an anthology; includes several essays and three marriage contracts: the first marriage contract, written by Mirza ʻAbd al-Ghaffar Khan, is between Balqays Banu, the youngest daughter of Mirza ʻAli Riza, with Muhammad Taqi Khan (Biglar Baygi of Kirman and a previous custodian in Mashhad), son of Mirza Shams al-Din Muhammad (also a former custodian of Mashhad). The second marriage contract has no trace of the bride's name or mahr. The bridegroom is Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi, son of Haji ʻAbd Allah (the judge); the third marriage contract is between Havva Baygum, the...
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Writing, 1908
It begins with quotations from Baha’ Allah and ‘Abd al-Baha’, and includes the importance of the meeting between Tayirah Khanum, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, and Mr. Sydney on uniting west and east under the Baha'i faith; at the end of their talk, they told Tayirah Khanum about American women, and Tayirah Khanum took off her pearl necklace and handed it to Mr. Remey to give it to the American women. This pearl necklace was given to Tayirah Khanum by Malakah Iran, sister of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. It also includes a list of Baha’i women who hold meetings in different cities in Iran.
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; includes greetings and family news such as his aunt’s funeral ceremony. She also mentions waiting for the addressee to come back before doing her eye surgery.
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her daughter-in-law, Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya; includes greetings and family news, discusses her own illness, and expresses her happiness about the recovery of Fatimah’s foot and her prayer for Fatimah's recuperation. She asks Azarmidukht to send photographs, requests a winter coat from Paris, and a bag and a pair of shoes from England. She also asks her to pray for her when visiting the shrines.
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Letters from Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Najm al-Saltanah's letters to her brother ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including the following: one about a disease outbreak in Tehran and the health of various women at the court; one requesting her brother's advice on several properties, including Ismaʻil Abad and the qanat of Rustam Abad; some about the appointment of her husband Vakil al-Mulk to the Ardabil government; one about her decision to cancel her pilgrimage at Farmanfarma's request; one about her desire that Muzaffar al-Din Mirza (then the crown prince) permit his daughter (Ashraf Fakhr al-Dawlah, daughter of Surur...
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