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Qur’an with birth records of Ansari family, 1854 or 5
First and last pages of a Qur’an inscribed with birth records and genealogy. Opening two pages have following birth dates recorded: Sadiqah Khanum Mahin Banu, 12 Shavval 1334 [11 August 1916]; Sultan Ahmad Khan, 29 Sha‘ban 1336 [9 June 1918]; Nush Afarin, 7 Sha‘ban 1358/22 September 1939/30 Shahrivar 1318 in India; Parviz, 1 August 1928 [10 Murdad 1307]; ‘Alimurad, 3 Bahman 1327 [23 January 1949], Isfahan; Amir Khusraw 5 Aban 1333/28 October 1955/11 Rabi al-Avval [1375], Tehran. A following page indicates the Qur’an originally belonged to Muhammad Mahdi ibn Farrukh Ghaffari. On the last...
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Gawhariyah
A compilation of poems by Shams al-Shu‘ara’ initiated by Mirza Ahmad Khan Fatih al-Mulk in May 1901 and completed in July 1902. According to the book's introduction, Gawhar Khanum is the daughter of Musa Khan and Tayqun Khanum (a daughter of Fath ‘Ali Shah).
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Collection of correspondence, orders and political correspondence of the Qajar era, [19th century]
Consists of 226 items, mostly official orders and correspondence, belonging to Mirza ‘Ali Khan Qadimi, a Qajar official and minister, written in the hand of his son. The first nine pages provide a comprehensive index of the collection materials, including: five letters to princes, the Premier, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, and about the sums of cash from Nawruz gifts; ten letters to Mahd-i ‘Ulya, the king, and Mustawfi al-Mamalik, and the cash from Nawruz gifts, condolence letters, and letters about internal political affairs dating from 1857-58 [1273-74 AH]; a marriage contract between Nur Muhammad Khan...