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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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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Khadijah Sultan
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his mother, Khadijah Sultan, telling her about his work, the letters he is getting from his brother, and the photographs he has attached, among other news.
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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), telling him that they have received his letter from Qazvin with his nice poems, souvenir, and knives, and that further, everybody has eaten the sweets and Mahmud Khan and Ma‘sumah Khanum loved the knives, but they both cut their hands the first day; she also mentions that Ma‘sumah Khanum tells everyone that Salar has called her Ma‘sumah Qatir-chi (the mule rider). She further informs her brother of Nasir al-Mulk's appointment as the new Nayib al-Saltanah and notes that he spoke...
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, telling her about his recreational activities in Finland after nine months of studying in St. Petersburg. He talks about the cholera epidemic in St. Petersburg and reassures his family that they are very far away from the epidemic. He is sorry that ‘Izzat al-Saltanah's teacher is leaving and advises his sister to practice from the books he had previously sent.
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Khadijah Sultan to her son Muhammad ‘Ali Khan
Letters from Khadijah Sultan to her son, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan: a letter in which she informs Muhammad ‘Ali Khan of her own wellbeing and of that of her younger son (Mahmud) and asks her husband not to send their son (Muhammad ‘Ali Khan) to Beirut (because of an epidemic); a letter describing Khadijah Sultan's happiness about the news of her son (Muhammad ‘Ali)'s arrival in Saint Petersburg and also her other son (Taqi)'s decision to join him there; a letter of gratitude for her son's gifts (a mirror and a comb); a letter about the well-being of the members of her family, travel to...
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi, 1965
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her sister, Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi, in Rome, telling her family news and discussing Ma‘sumah Khanum's interest in mysticism. She asks if her readings have offered her some understanding of human suffering, and requests that she share any insight she may have acquired. As an example, she tells the story of Salar al-Dawlah's wife: "When I was nine years old, our father [Nizam al-Saltanah], the governor of Luristan and ‘Arabistan [Khuzistan] at the time, was sent to fight against Salar al-Dawlah, who was claiming the crown. Salar al-Dawlah...
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