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ʻAlamtaj to Parivash
ʻAlamtaj Mukri's letter from Tehran to her daughter, Parivash Ladjevardi, in Erlangen, Germany. In this letter ʻAlamtaj asks about her daughter's well-being and sends her a recipe for Honey-and-Almond candy.
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Jahan-i zanan, I to V, 1921
Jahan-i zanan [Women’s World] was a periodical whose editor-in-chief was Farrukh Afaq Parsa. Her husband Farrukh al-Din Parsa was the publisher. The first volume includes numbers 1 to 4 (published in Mashhad, 1921); the 5th issue (published in Tehran, 1921) is in the second volume.
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Madrisah-i Dukhtaran, in Gilan, 1909
Regarding enrollment of girls age five to seven, the educational programs, and the school staff
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Group portrait
According to the inscription, the following are pictured (from left): standing: Aqa Mardak Khan, Agha ‘Abd Allah Khan, Agha Davud Khvajah; seated: Agha Muhammad Khan, the son of Fakhr al-Mulk, Habib Allah Khan, Jalal al-Mulk, Muhammad ‘Alikhan, Hajib al-Dawlah, and Tavvab ‘Azud al-Dawlah; the inscription reads: "the day of the Ash (soup) making ceremony at Surkhah Hisar, October 15, 1892."
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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, mentioning his travel to Finland and moving as the reasons for his delayed letters. He discusses Muhammad Taqi Khan's expected arrival, getting a yogurt culture from the Iranian Embassy to make yogurt at home during the summer, and says he has received the cookbook. He then gives some advice regarding his sister's study of French and playing the piano, telling her that she needs to practice piano every day and read more books to improve her French.
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On women's education, 1911
Written by Asif, first published in Shams newspaper of Istanbul
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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 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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On women's education, 1909
Written by [Muhammad Isma‘il] Munir Mazandarani
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916
Mentions the addressee's correspondence; describes the Persian garden she and Mrs. Kappes are staying at for their vacation and rest, accompanied by Dr. Draeger, the head of German School, and his wife who converted to Baha’ism; how the wife of Dr. Draeger had fallen from the roof of the school and has a severe injury, and Sarah Clock is taking good care of her in the garden; notes that Mrs. Kappes has instituted many methods and improvements in the school that are copied by the other Persian girls' schools; and writes of Mrs. Kappes' meeting with the five men of the school committee and...
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