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Collection of tales
This collection consists of different pieces with different styles. Parts of it are written in a history book style. There might be parts of ʻAzudi History or older histories going back to Safavid and Zand eras. There are some tales and proverbs. Another piece is about military education. There is a record of a meeting about Shahi Bank in which Nasir al-Din Shah has been present and then a complimentary explanation about banks in general and how they work. The last part, Latayif and Zarayif, consists of jokes and tales and seems to be from Nasiri era.
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Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining women], 1916
Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisaʼ, is a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters.
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Fragment of Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining women]
The first few pages of Ta’dib al-nisvan [Disciplining Women] (also known as Ta’dib al-nisaʼ), a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters.
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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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Anthology [with The book of finding a spouse, and a satirical poem about women], 1887-1891
A collection of different topics by various authors, including Essay of Majdiyah, Oct 1887-Sept 1889; Essay of Good Deeds: in reply to Haji Mulla ʻAli by Haji Sayyid Hasan Vaʻiz and written in the hand of Mirza Nasr Allah, August 1889; Tazvijnamah [The Book of Finding a Spouse] by Mirza Muhammad Baqir Naji Qazvini, written in the hand of Mirza Nasr al-Allah, April 1890; Poems of Mulla Sadiq Mulla Rajab Isfahani, 1888 or 1889; Satirical poem about women, 15 September 1890; Poem on intimacy, written in the hand of Mirza Nasr al-Allah, August 1890; Writings of Haj Shaykh al-Ra'is Qajar,...
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- Mayil Afshar Shaykh al-Shuʻara(1)
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- Khujastah Khanum Jahanbani (Taj al-Dawlah)(1)
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- Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar(2)
- ‘Iffat al-Saltanah(1)
- ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak (Amin al-Sultan)(1)
- ʻAyishah Khanum(1)
- Zubaydah Khanum Amin Aqdas(1)
- Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah [I] (Shah Baygum)(1)
- Zaynab al-Saltanah(1)
- Shukuh al-Saltanah [I](1)
- Shaykh al-Islam(1)
- Nazim al-Bikaʼ(1)
- Muhammad Hasan Khan Sani‘ al-Dawlah (I‘timad al-Saltanah)(1)
- Mirza Nasr Allah(1)
- Mirza Muhammad Baqir Naji Qazvini(1)
- Mayil Afshar Shaykh al-Shuʻara(1)
- Khvurshid Kulah Khanum Shams al-Dawlah(1)
- Khujastah Khanum Jahanbani (Taj al-Dawlah)(1)
- Imam Jumʻah(1)
- Hajiyah Khanum(1)
- Haji Sayyid Hasan Vaʻiz(1)
- Haj Shaykh al-Ra'is Qajar(1)
- Furugh al-Dawlah (Malakah Iran)(1)
- Fatimah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Dawlah(1)
- Fakhr al-Muluk(1)
- Badr al-Saltanah(1)
- Aqa Vajih(1)
- Amin al-Saltanah(1)
- Akhtar al-Saltanah(1)