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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Khadijah Sultan
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her mother, Khadijah Sultan Khanum and expresses her concern about not receiving letters from her; talks about the moderate winter weather in Hamadan, the nice people there, and her new social life; she describes how women dress in Hamadan, that the old fashions in Tehran are now becoming fashionable in Hamadan: women wear chaqchur [a kind of leggings] when leaving the house as there is no carriage road in the city and people either walk or ride a donkey. She discusses the way they make jams and sweets and mentions that the prices of some goods are...
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah), 1907
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his father, Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah and reports the death of Muzaffar al-Din Shah four days earlier (there were two days of morning ceremonies and the cornoation occurred on the day this letter was written), saying that his corpse is at Takiyah Dawlat and despite his own wish to be buried in Karbala’, clerics disagree. In other news, he describes how a German citizen and his wife were robbed and [sexually] assaulted in Kahrizak and that the members of the Shah's cavalry responsible for this have been arrested and are...
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) and mentions his possible contribution to the Constitutional Commission, which is being pursued by Mushir al-Dawlah; discusses sending him money, the bread shortage crisis, and the circumcision of Mahmud Khan by the same person who performed the procedure for Ahmad Shah. She talks about the ceremony, in which Mujir al-Saltanah, Burhan al-Dawlah, and Muhammad Khan Salar Muhtasham were present. For the women's gathering three days later, they invited female musicians and hired...
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- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(3)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(3)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(2)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah)(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Khan Mafi (Sa‘d al-Mulk)(1)
- Mirza Nasr Allah Khan Misbah al-Mulk (Mushir al-Dawlah)(1)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(1)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(1)
- Haydar Quli Khan Mafi (Burhan al-Dawlah)(1)
- Ahmad Shah Qajar(1)