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Jahanbani Family
Seated row of women from left: Shazdah Galin, wife of Shams al-Shuʻara, Bilqays Khanum, wife of Muʻin al-Dawlah, Khujastah Khanum (Taj al-Dawlah), wife of Nasir al-Din Shah (all daughters of Sayf Allah Mirza Jahanbani) holding Iʻizam al-Dawlah (child), Woman seated on the ground: ‘Ammah Malayiri, Child standing: Muhammad Husayn Mirza Jahanbani (son of Shazdah Yadullah Mirza with his paternal aunts).
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Taj al-Dawlah
Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's second permanent wife. Inscription on the photograph: "Khanum Taj al-Dawlah, the first permanent wife of Nasir al-Din Shah, daughter of Sayf Allah Mirza son of Fathʻali Shah, mother of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah"
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Letter from Sulayman to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1870
He reports on his own situation, the well-being of Mahd-i ‘Ulya and Nayib al-Saltanah, and the illness of Taj al-Dawlah and Khazin al-Dawlah
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Stipend for court affiliates, 1837
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Children of Sayf Allah Mirza Jahanbani
From left, back row: Jahangir Mirza, Yad Allah Mirza , and Jahansuz Mirza; next row: Bilqays Khanum (wife of Ahmad Mirza Muʻin al-Dawlah), Mihr Arfaʻ (wife of Ahmad Khan Sartip), Khujastah Khanum Taj al-Dawlah (wife of Nasir al-Din Shah), and Jahan Banu Khanum (wife of Shah Mushir Savar); seated on the floor: Jahan Sultan Khanum (wife of Shams al-Shuʻara).
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Taj al-Dawlah and others
Inscription: "Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife and his cousin, the mother of ʻIsmat al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's daughter and wife of Dust Muhammad Khan Muʻayyir al-Mamalik"; From left, back row: Jahangir Mirza, Yad Allah Mirza , and Jahansuz Mirza; next row: Bilqays Khanum (wife of Ahmad Mirza Muʻin al-Dawlah), Mihr Arfaʻ (wife of Ahmad Khan Sartip), Khujastah Khanum Taj al-Dawlah (wife of Nasir al-Din Shah), and Jahan Banu Khanum (wife of Shah Mushir Savar); seated on the floor: Jahan Sultan Khanum (wife of Shams al-Shuʻara).
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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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Travel journal
ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani's travel journal. ʻAlaviyah Khanum, ʻAli Khan and a few others went on Hajj and made pilgrimages to the shrines in Iraq. On the way back to Iran, she visited a number of cities including Tehran and the Nasiri Court. This travel journal was written by ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani. On the first page of the book (this page was written by ʻAli Khan at the request of ʻAlaviyah Khanum), ʻAlaviyah Khanum noted that she wrote this book because she missed her husband and also to record these events in history. The author's actual name is not known and "ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani"...
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Mahd ‘Ulya's correspondence
Correspondence of Mahd ‘Ulya, mother of Nasir al-Din Shah, including a letter from Nasir al-Din Shah concerning properties of Surur al-Saltanah; a letter to ‘Ali Quli Mirza I‘tizad al-Saltanah; a letter to Mirza Jan; letters from Mahd ‘Ulya to Shahzadah Jan concerning family and property matters including travel to Khurasan, Mi‘mar's sit-in, and Tarim properties.
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Khayrat-i hisan
Khayrat-i hisan, 3 volumes, Tehran: no publisher, 1887, 1888, and 1889. Compiled by by Muhammad Hasan Khan Iʿtimad al-Saltanah, a biographical dictionary of famous women of Islam, provides information on some forty learned women from courtly circles in Qajar period.
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