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Biographical dictionary of selected women poets
Includes poetry attributed to Shah Jahan Baygum, ruler of Bhopal; Zib al-Nisaʼ Baygum, daughter of Awrangzib (Emperor of India); Mahd-i ʻUliya (d. 1873/1290 AH), mother of Nasir al-Din Shah; Hajiyah Qamar al-Saltanah, daughter of Fathʻali Shah, wife of Haj Mirza Husayn Khan Sipahsalar; Agha Kuchak, great granddaughter of Fathʻali Shah; Qamar of the Qajar family; Qurrat al-ʻAyn; Sanʻat Lari; Hajiyah Gawhar Khanum; Agha Baji of the harem of Fathʻali Shah; Fakhri, daughter of Fathʻali Shah; Hajiyah, wife of Fathʻali Shah; ʻIffat Nisaʼ; Masturah Kurdistani; Zubaydah (Jahan) Khanum, daughter of...
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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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Collection of essays
This anthology includes both prose and verses by Qalandar Shah (d. 1879) and some other sufi writings. There is also a short essay on medicine which is dedicated to Mahd-i ʻUlya. Most parts are dated between 1839 and 1874. There are some letters in the manuscript as well including Qaʼim Maqam letters to ʻAbbas Mirza, the Crown Prince.
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Collection of correspondence, orders and political correspondence of the Qajar era, [19th century]
Consists of 226 items, mostly official orders and correspondence, belonging to Mirza ‘Ali Khan Qadimi, a Qajar official and minister, written in the hand of his son. The first nine pages provide a comprehensive index of the collection materials, including: five letters to princes, the Premier, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, and about the sums of cash from Nawruz gifts; ten letters to Mahd-i ‘Ulya, the king, and Mustawfi al-Mamalik, and the cash from Nawruz gifts, condolence letters, and letters about internal political affairs dating from 1857-58 [1273-74 AH]; a marriage contract between Nur Muhammad Khan...