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Letter from Muhammad
Letter of greetings stating that the writer has sent the requested pills as well as a medicine good for eye pain, instructing the addressee about how to use it.
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Letter, 1905
On behalf of Khanumjan, the writer writes about her illness, which is the reason for not writing letters, noting that still has not recovered and is still seeing Hakim Buqrat to cure her. The writer also sends greetings on behalf of Khanumjan, Hajiyah Khanum, Nur al-Hajiyah, and Mir Muhammad Riza.
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Letter
About Shafi‘ Aqa's recovery; rain after the hot weather; clarifying that the people of the andarun had requested roots of Baba Adam [Burdock] and not Badam [almond] and asking the addressee to write to Mirza Ahmad in Tehran and let him know; the well-being of Mir Muhammad Riza, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa, Nur al-Hajiyah, and others.
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Alfiyah va shalfiyah
This manuscript is one of the class of works that goes by the generic title of 'Lizzat al-nisa’' or 'Women's pleasure.' It covers the use of medicinal drugs for personal beauty and as aphrodisiacs, and a manual explaining and illustrating various positions during sexual intercourse. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The manuscript is of Indian provenance, as is clear from the thirty-four illustrations executed in a popular nineteenth-century style. There is a personal seal, illegible, on the last page.
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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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Letters from Subh-i Azal to Safvat al-Hajiyah
Letters from Subh-i Azal to his sister Safvat al-Hajiyah. One of the letters is dated 3 May 1906 and an envelope has the seal of ‘Abd al-‘Ali, son of Subh-i Azal. Four letters are part addressed to Safvat al-Hajiyah and part to Mu‘azzamah ‘Izz [probably ‘Izziyah Khanum]; in one it is indicated that the former is looking after the latter who is recovering from some illness.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum and Mirza ‘Ali Asghar, 1898
Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali the apothecary, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali Asghar, the son of Haji Mirza Mahmud the merchant from Isfahan. The mahr is one hundred and ten tumans. According to a note on the margin, Fatimah Sultan Khanum is the granddaughter of Aqa Sayyid Ahmad Fakhr al-Hukama’, the personal physician of Muzaffar al-Din Shah.
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Concerning Ziba Khanum and reassurance that the writer does not prefer her offspring to Ziba Khanum, as they are both her children; promising to protect Ziba Khanum from harrassment and requesting that the addressee send her to come to live with her mother; and saying that Ziba Khanum could recover from her illness by having access to a good doctor, nice weather, and motherly care.
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Letter, 1904
The writer [probably female] sends greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum (grandmother), Khanumjan (her mother), and Nur al-Hajiyah; expresses her sadness at the addressee being away in Tehran; mentions Hajiyah Khanum's illness and the doctor's visit; and inquires about the well-being of Muhammad Taqi.
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Andarun's expenses invoice, 1902
Including food, vegetables, household items, fuel, and medicine
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