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From Yazd
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Wrapping cloth
Velvet with silk lining, made in Yazd
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Rustam Aidun's birth certificate
Rustam Aidun, son of Kharman Khanum and Bahram, birthdate: January 9, 1896 in Yazd, names of children: Kourosh and Mahvash; pages of this certificate are framed.
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Rustam and Arghavan's passport
Passport of Arbab Rustam Aidun, son of Bahram, whose wife, Arghavan Khanum, is listed as his travel companion, date and place of birth: 1896, Yazd, occupation: merchant, place of residence: Bombay, birth date of Arghavan Khanum: 1911.
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Kharman Aidun's birth certificate
Kharman Aidun, daughter of Dawlat and Khudamurad and wife of Bahram Aidun, name of children: Rashid, Surush, Rustam, and Zal, issue date: 1928, birthdate: November 8, 1869, birthplace: Yazd, death date: 1940.
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Rasuliyan house
One of the houses of the late Qajar period (early 20th c.), located in the Sahl ibn ‘Ali neighborhood in Yazd. The house belonged to Haj Mirza Kazim Rasuliyan and its architect: Ustad Hasan Muhammad Rahim. Both Andaruni and Biruni consist of several interconnected courtyards.
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Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum
Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum about the hardships he and his children went through despite his hard work reciting Rawzah and writing prayers in Yazd for ten months to make money. Then, he talks about his decision to go back to his hometown as he was not able to provide for his family in the harsh cold weather, and how he has lost his wife on the way and his two sons have become ill. He asks for Navvabah Safa’ Khanum’s generosity to get support for the expenses of their trip.
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Envelope
Addressed to: the writer's sister, Yazd, 2468 [Budduh in Abjad]; seal on the back: Sharaf al-Mamalik
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Envelope
From the city [Yazd?] to Taft, addressed to ‘Ammah [paternal aunt], 2468 [Budduh in Abjad]; the seal on the back: Abu al-Qasim; different signitures
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Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum and Sayyid Hadi, 1917
Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum [Afzal Khanum], the daughter of [Hajiyah Khanum Muhtadi and] Abu al-Qasim (a merchant from Yazd), and Sayyid Hadi [Mahruz], the son of Sayyid Nasr Allah. The mahr is five hundred and fifty tumans, fifty tumans of which is the Qur’an's value. From this, one hundred tumans was received and the rest remains the groom's debt.
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