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Woman selling girls, 1909
Gawhar Taj, known as Khanum Garrusi [from Garrus], sold one of Manuchihr Garrusi's daughters to one of Nasir al-Din Shah's wives for thirty-one tumans and the other to a house in Shahr-i naw for ten tumans
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Regarding Marziyah Khanum's salary, 1910
Petition by Marziyah Khanum, daughter of the late Mirza Ishaq, to the Majlis inquiring about her salary payment of sixty tumans that had been stopped. She received this salary from Qazvin in accordance with a decree by Nasir al-Din Shah. Marziyah Khanum describes the hardship this has brought to her life as she is responsible for three underage children after her husband's death; the Majlis sends a copy of Marziyah Khanum's petition to the Ministry of Finance and they notify the Qazvin Finance Office to resume the payment of her salary; correspondence regarding the salary of Marziyah Khanum...
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Announcing ‘Aziz al-Saltanah's death, 1911
The fifteen-year-old daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah was buried at her father's mausoleum.
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1869 or 1870
Includes greetings and talks about receiving Nasir al-Din Shah's letter via Qurban‘ali Bayg and learning about his trip to Baladah from Lar. She also writes about the warm weather of Niyavaran and the well-being of herself, Nayib al-Saltanah, the princes, and harem servants, and mentions being invited to ‘Izzat al-Dawlah's house and seeing her children.
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1863
Includes greetings and talks about her well-being, Niyavaran's weather, seeing Tuman Aqa and Turan Aqa, sending the turbat via Mulk Ara, and asks Nasir al-Din Shah to respond to the petition of the daughters of the Mashhad Friday Prayer Imam regarding the hardship they have endured after Mirza ‘Askari's death
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1869 or 1870
On sending Qurban‘ali Bayg to bring news of Nasir al-Din Shah's health, the well-being of herself, harem workers, and princes, Tuman Aqa's whooping cough and her recovery, Nayib al-Saltanahs's horse riding in Ushan, Shahzadah Muhammad Rahim Mirza's good management of Shimiranat and his competence with major responsibilities, I‘tizad al-Saltanah and Nusrat al-Dawlah attending the council, and the well-being of ‘Izzat al-Dawlah and her children
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to ‘Ayn al-Mulk, 1863
She talks about I‘timad al-Dawlah's recovery, his overeating, and Hakim Bashi and Hakam Masih's visit; mentions sending ‘Izzat al-Dawlah and her children to Kashanak on the first day of the month, considered a fortunate time; talks about Iftikhar and Qamar al-Saltanah's visit and making halva for Arba‘in; mentions the Shah's aunt's appetite despite her stomach pain; and asks about the promisory note the addressee was supposed to send for a ring
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Petitions by wives and servants of Nasir al-Din Shah, 1914 to 1915
Correspondence of Bala Khanum Buzurg (Marahim al-Saltanah), Sakinah Sultan Khanum (Haji Vaqar al-Dawlah), Nush Afarin Khanum (Haji Matbu‘ al-Dawlah), Haji Zahra Khanum, Khadijah Khanum (Akhtar Zaman), Khan-zadah Khanum, Fatimah Sultan Khanum (from Tehran), and Agha Shahzadah (Nasir al-Din Shah's wives) and Nasib Malik Khanum, Khadijah Khanum, and Sakinah Khanum (Nasir al-Din Shah's servants) with the Minister of Finance (Muhtasham al-Saltanah) asking to receive their salaries in a monthly manner, the same way that Nasir al-Din Shah's other wives and servants are being paid; the Ministry of...