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Booklet of prayers
Booklet of prayers that belonged to Bibi Khanum [Sayyidah Fatimah Baygum], the mother of Mirza Masʻud Khan and the grandmother of Muhammad Hasan Masʻudi Khurasani, known as Aqa Sardar. The writing on the edge of the first page reads: "this booklet of prayers belonged to Bibi Khanum, who was the mother of Mirza Masʻud Khan. [My father] gave this to me so that while reading the prayers, I pray for my grandmother and ask God to bless her. Muhammad Hasan Aqa Sardar, 1887"; the writing that follows the table of contents reads: "this booklet of prayers was given by my grandfather, Mirza Muhammad...
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1970
Includes greetings and talks about his flight from Tehran, arrival at Geneva and meeting Ghulamhusayn, and their plan to visit Gulnaz; at the end, Ghulamhusayn has written a greeting to his mother; along with the envelope
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Letter from Elizabeth Stewart, 1923
The letter, written in two installments, details what the author has been doing as Dr. Coy fell ill and left to travel to America through Baghdad and Haifa, and Dr. Moody is also ill, so the upkeep work of the school has fallen to her. She gives an update on the school finances, as well. She also mentions a trunk the addressee sent her, and expresses gratitude for the effort in getting the trunk and its contents to her; as well as sending an illumined book of Baha’i scriptures back to the addressee, along with a letter to be delivered to a woman, Maggie, who the author worries will insult...
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Parvanah Sulaymani- part 2
Parvanah Sulaymani's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on December 25, 2018; Parvanah Khanum shares memories of her childhood, her mother and father, and other family members
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Quds al-Dawlah's financial documents
The financial documents of Hafiyyah Khanum (Quds al-Dawlah), wife of Mirza Nasr Allah Khan Mushir al-Dawlah: Quds al-Dawlah's lists of her possessions, including jewelries, invoices and checks, one of them dated 1905 or 1906; Quds al-Dawlah's accounting documents (1907-1909), one of them mentions Mu’taman al-Mulk's seal on a check (he was Quds al-Dawlah's son); checks from the Jamshidiyan firm in Tehran addressed to Quds al-Dawlah and some handwritten notes regarding her debt to the firm (1908-1910); a Russian check (1909); a letter and envelope from Jamshidiyan firm regarding Quds...
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Badr al-Sadat Afqahi's interview- part II
Conducted on November 17, 2012 by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Mahbobe Ghods, ‘Ali Ya‘qubi, and Maryam Momeni. She shares memories of her childhood and youth and talks about the life in late Qajar and Pahlavi era.
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Financial and legal documents
Financial and legal documents, including a number of sale agreements, settlements, the dowry list of Rubabah Khanum, and documents concerning the inheritance of Mirza Abu al-Qasim Yazdi.
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Parvanah Sulaymani- part 1
Parvanah Sulaymani's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on December 4, 2018; Parvanah Khanum shares memories of her childhood, her mother and father, and other family members
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