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Woman dancing

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Woman holding a decanter and wine glass

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Najat al-Muslimat [Salvation of Muslim women], 1809 or 1810

A religious guide for Muslim women, written by Nuri Jahan Tihrani, daughter of Haji ‘Abd al-Ghaffar Tihrani.
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Writings of the Bab

Some of the Bab's handwritten notes. The first one has a note on the back (dated 9 July 1951) saying that this is a gift from Fakhriyah Khanum, niece of Mirza Yahya Samarah [Subh-i Azal] to the writer of the note. The last one is copy of Bab's letter to Validah Khanum.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Khatun and Maʻsum Bayg,1804

Marriage contract of Bibi Khatun, known as Nanah Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Taqi, and Maʻsum Bayg, son of Shah Mir Bayg. The Mahr is twenty tumans.
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Writings of Tahirah Qurrat al-ʻAyn

Writings of Tahirah (Aminah) Qurrat al-ʻAyn, including tablets and poems. The verso side of the first tablet contains stamp of "Aminah Tahirah"(seven times) and the second document is a copy of the first one hand written by Khanum Salur (3 February 1970).
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Collection of essays (Khaqaniyah)

A collection of essays with a list of contents in the beginning. It includes a part in which Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa’i answers Fathʻali Shah's questions. Two of them are about marriage in heaven and the number of wives a man can have in heaven. Sayyid Abd al-Baqi Husayni Kashani is the scribe.
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Kulsum nanah

The book of "Five ʻUlamaʼ" or "Kulsum nanah," attributed to Aqa Jamal Khansari, created originally in Safavid era. The author provides an account of women's beliefs and rituals and attributes them to five women, one of them named Kulsum nanah. The book is written in fifteen chapters, including: on ablution, on women's prayers, on fasting, on marriage, on the wedding night, on childbirth, on first bath after giving birth, on musical instruments and when they should be played, on wives and husbands relations, on foods for vows, to prevent evil eye, on mahrams, on acceptance of women's...
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Woman playing setar

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Biographies of Sufi women, 1817 or 1818

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