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Letters from Subh-i Azal to his sister
Letters' addressees are named generically with various words meaning sister.
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Letter from Lillian Kappes, 1920
Letter from Lillian Kappes, likely to Mrs. Platt, which mentions her trip to the mountains with lengthy descriptions of the mountains and natural scenery outside of Tehran, how the money sent to the Tarbiat School is being used, the importane of having a school building of their own, and discussions of her Baha’i friends and colleagues
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Miscellaneous correspondence related to Subh-i Azal
Miscellaneous correspondence related to Subh-i Azal, including a letter possibly sent by his son Rizvan Allah, addressed to Subh-i Azal's paternal aunt, Fatimah Zahra. Other letters are addressed to Bajiyah [?], Ma‘sumah, Nuzhat, Sahibah [?], and Qamar al-Zaman. The first letter is dated 3 June 1898.
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Letters from Subh-i Azal to ‘Aliyah
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Letters from Subh-i Azal to "Mu‘azzamah ‘Izz"
Letters from Subh-i Azal addressed to "Mu‘azzamah ‘Azz". From the content of these letters and some of the letters addressed to Safvat al-Hajiyah, it seems likely that these letters are to his siter ‘Izziyah Khanum. One letters is dated October 16, 1886, one July 15, 1894, and another is dated May 23, 1901.
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Compilation of letters and prayers
Several pieces of correspondence, some in Arabic, some in Persian, one addressed to "6" and one to "53." Three have dates: the first letter is addressed to "Mu‘azzamah ‘Izz" [probably his sister ‘Izziyah Khanum], dated 20 May 1883 [13 Rajab 1300], not in Subh-i Azal's handwriting; possibly a different person has copied all these letters, since the entire set has one kind of handwriting and one color of ink (except for the seventh letter) and is organized as a booklet. The second piece seems to be a prayer. The third is addressed to "53." The fourth is possibly a prayer, but starts by saying...
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Letters from Subh-i Azal to Maymanat
Letters from Subh-i Azal to his granddaughter, Maymanat. Some of the letter are addressed to Maymanat and ‘Aliyah (Maymanat's sister).
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Letters from Subh-i Azal to Safvat al-Hajiyah
Letters from Subh-i Azal to his sister Safvat al-Hajiyah. One of the letters is dated 3 May 1906 and an envelope has the seal of ‘Abd al-‘Ali, son of Subh-i Azal. Four letters are part addressed to Safvat al-Hajiyah and part to Mu‘azzamah ‘Izz [probably ‘Izziyah Khanum]; in one it is indicated that the former is looking after the latter who is recovering from some illness.
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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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Letters from Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi to ʻAliyah Subh-i Azal
A collection of letters from Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi to ʻAliyah Subh-i Azal.
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