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Letter of greetings and news of war
Letter about family related news and news of the progression of the war [World War I], talking about fasting in the month of Ramazan, the writer's letter to the addressee sent with Aqa Sadr, for which s/he had not received any response. S/he talks about the news of the German and Ottoman forces progressing into Iran and taking control of Kirmanshah and Hamadan and moving toward Tehran and how this news has raised the price of goods in the city; the highway robbers from Fars; the British moving towards Isfahan, and finally the hot weather in the city. The writer ends the letter with sending...
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Abu al-Qasim Khan Burhan al-Dawlah to Riza Quli Khan Sardar Mukarram, 1907
Letter from Abu al-Qasim Burhan al-Dawlah to his brother Riza Quli Khan Sardar Mukarram (Nizam al-Saltanah), governor of ‘Arabistan and Luristan. He writes about the rumors of arrival of Salar al-Dawlah with his troops, insecurity in the region, the upheavals in Azarbayjan, and reassures him of the security of the household.
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- ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak (Amin al-Sultan)(1)
- Yusuf Khan Bayan al-Mamalik(1)
- Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah)(1)
- Muʻin al-Tujjar(1)
- Muhammad ʻAli Shah(1)
- Muhammad Vali Khan Tunikabuni(1)
- Khanum Kuchik(1)
- Kamran Mirza (Nayib al-Saltanah)(1)
- Abu al-Qasim Khan(1)
- Abu al-Fath Mirza Salar al-Dawlah(1)
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