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Siyagh al-nikah
It is a marriage sermon written in a literary style.
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Alfiyah va shalfiyah
This manuscript is one of the class of works that goes by the generic title of 'Lizzat al-nisa’' or 'Women's pleasure.' It covers the use of medicinal drugs for personal beauty and as aphrodisiacs, and a manual explaining and illustrating various positions during sexual intercourse. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The manuscript is of Indian provenance, as is clear from the thirty-four illustrations executed in a popular nineteenth-century style. There is a personal seal, illegible, on the last page.
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Bayan al-tibb
Bayan al-tibb is a medical textbook written by Hubaysh ibn Ibrahim Tiflisi in the 6th century AH. This book includes three parts: the first part is about medical sciences; the second is about simple foods and drugs; and the third concerns complex foods and drugs. The author dedicates Bayan al-tibb to Malik Shah, son of Qilij Arsalan Saljuqi. Six copies of this manuscript exist.
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Qurutab-i badinjan
This treatise is social criticism written in the form of a comical story that is set in the month of Khurdad of the year 1289 AH in Tehran. The manuscript was rewritten on the 4th of Safar in 1348 AH by Mirza Sulayman Shaqaqi at the request of its first writer ʻImad al-Saltanah.
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Rustam and Almas, October or November 1907
A play critical of the social and political situation in Iran at the end of Qajar era.
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Taʼdib al-nisaʼ [Disciplining women]
Ta’dib al-nisa’ [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisvan, is a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters. According to Ruhangiz Karachi, the author of this text is most probably Khanlar Mirza Ihtisham al-Dawlah (d. 1861, a son of Fath 'Ali Shah). See "Who is the original author of Ta’dib al-nisvan?", Tarikh-i adabiyat, 65, 3 (summer 2010): 199-208.
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Maʻayib al-rijal [Vices of men]
Ma‘ayib al-rijal [Vices of Men], written by Bibi Khanum Astarabadi (1858 or 59-1921) in 1894, first published in 1992. Vices of Men was Bibi Khanum’s response to Ta’dib al-niswan [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisa’, a male-centered, often misogynous text in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters. This text begins autobiographically with Bibi Khanum explaining her social and educational background. The text is composed of two sections; the first is a direct wittily angry response to Disciplining Women. The...
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Siyagh al-nikah
The manuscript is a collection of different essays by Muhammad bin Haj Muhammad Zaman Kashani, some of which are related to marriage. Muhammad Husayn bin Muhammad Ali Khuraskani is the scribe.
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Collection of essays by Muhammad Sadiq Vaqayiʻ Nigar
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Anthology of food, [ca. 1873 or 1874]
A satirical anthology of poetry that uses Iranian foods to make fun of government elites, both men and women, including: Nasir al-Din Shah, Muzaffar al-Din Shah (Vali ʻAhd), Aqa Vajih, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Amin al-Saltanah, Turan Aqa, Tuman Aqa, Anis al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Saltanah, Taj al-Dawlah, Shams al-Dawlah, Akhtar al-Saltanah, Badr al-Saltanah, Zaynab al-Saltanah, ʻIffat al-Saltanah, ʻAʼishah Khanum, Hajiyah Khanum, Amin Aqdas, Imam Jumʻah, Atabak Aʻzam, Iʻtimad al-Saltanah, Shaykh al-Islam, Nazim al-Bikaʼ. The writer, Mayil Afshar, received the titles...
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