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Letters and other writings of Haji Sayyid Muhammad Isfahani
Booklet consists of several letters and writings of Haji Sayyid Muhammad [of Isfahan], in Istanbul and Edirne, originally copied by Mirza Mustafa Katib [the Scribe], bearing the completion date of January 1921. The present text was copied by F. Azali and was completed on April 5, 1987, with a copy of another 1852 text, completed on April 9, 1987. Among the addressees of Haji Sayyid Muhammad's letters are: his sister (not named), Qanitah (Subh-i Azal's wife), Aqa Nur al-Nur, Aqa Sayyid Hashim. Two are addressed to "my dear friend."
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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 of a letter from Cary Harutunian to Ebbi
The letter was sent from Bahrain to Isfahan. Now only the envelope has survived.
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Letter
Includes greetings and expresses how much the writer misses the recipient of the letter, asks the recipient to return from the trip to Isfahan after meeting with [illegible], and sends the mother's greetings.
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Letter
From a father in Na’in to his daughter or son in Isfahan. It conveys the writer's greetings, expresses how much he has missed his children after not seeing them for a year, reports the cold weather and the rain in Na’in, sends Gawhar Taj's greetings, and mentions that another letter was sent by the older son of Shahi a few days ago.
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Letter to Hamdam al-Saltanah, 1917
After the greeting, the author expresses their happiness for Hamdam al-Saltanah’s recovery, encourages Hamdam al-Saltanah to travel to Isfahan for a visit and to check on her properties
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Correspondence regarding Sahib Khanum's salary, 1923
A telegram from Sahib Qiraniyah to Zill al-Sultan in Isfahan regarding the salary of Sahib Khanum, Zill al-Sultan's paternal aunt, and the hardship to receive it from Isfahan; in his telegram, Zill al-Sultan explains that her salary would be transferred to Siraj al-Mulk who pays her in installments; he also asks Siraj al-Mulk to add forty tumans to the total salary of nine hundred and sixty tumans and pay Sahib Khanum one thousand tumans in total.
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1957
Includes greetings and talks about Ghulamhusayn's successful hand surgery, his precarious air travel and consequent landing in Isfahan, visiting his brother in Shimiran, Azar's passport, purchasing items needed by Azar, and other financial and property-related issues
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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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Telegram and letter from Mirza ʻAli to Haj Muhammad Husayn, 1922
Mirza ʻAli, known as Nazim al-Tujjar of Qumshah, sends a letter and a telegram to Haj Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant] Karzani from Isfahan, regarding the usurpation of the documents and belongings of the late Sayyid ʻAbd Allah and the complaint of his sister, Zahra Baygum, about her right of inheritance.
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