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Correspondence about Humay Sultan's request to open a girls school, 1907
Includes a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of Education regarding the request by Humay Sultan, daughter of Mirza Yusuf Khan Mustashar al-Dawlah, to open a girls school in Tabriz; a letter from the Ministry of Education to the Education Association of Tabriz (Salar Mu’ayyad) asking them to review the case; a letter of notification to the Majlis; and Humay Sultan's succeeding letter, in which she repeats her request since, according to Sayyid Hasan Khan, the founder of ‘Idalat newspaper and member of the Education Association of Tabriz, no such instruction was received from the...
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Beating wives, 1909
Akbar Qazzaq (cossack), who returned from the battle in Tabriz, beats his wives everyday
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Telegram from Jaʻfar to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1895
Talks about Agha Bashi putting pressure on him to finish some of the work such as repairing Surur al-Saltanah's kitchen and andaruni, his exhaustion and being heavily in debt, requests the addressee to ask Agha Bashi to give him more time to complete the work
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Letter from Najm al-Saltanah to Nusrat al-Dawlah [?]
Expressing her sadness for the death of Nasir al-Saltanah, son of Surur al-Saltanah, and her great concern about the condition of her sister (Surur al-Saltanah) and how she is coping with the death of her son. She asks the addressee to take care of Surur al-Saltanah during this difficult time.
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Mirza Qanbar, Haji Hasan, and Muhammad Khan to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The letter reports the looting of several villages by Zargham al-Sultan and his men, the murder of one person and wounding of several others, the vulnerability of the residences of the villages, and the authors' request for help and justice
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), telling him that they received the postcard he had sent for Mirza Mahmud Khan, that Khanum [their mother, Khadijah Sultan] is heavy-hearted and ‘Izzat al-Saltanah reads books for her at night, that Taqi Khan has left for Switzerland along with Saham Nizam, that Mahmud Khan and Jalal Nizam saw him off, but when they returned, Mahmud Khan cried for Taqi Khan and would not be calmed until they had given him the dominos that Salar Mu‘azzam had left them, and that once in a while, Ma‘sumah Khanum...
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Letter
The author [possibly Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah] conveys family news: Mahmud Khan and Ma‘sumah Khanum both have a cold and Aqa [Nizam al-Saltanah] is preparing for his trip to Kirman. She talks about Salar Muhtasham's telegrams from Tabriz and the unrest there. ‘Izzat al-Saltanah describes the renovations in the Baha’ al-Mulk's garden. On the opposite page there is a note in a different handwriting about choosing a place, probably for vacation.
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Telegram from Najm al-Saltanah to Nusrat al-Dawlah, 1890
Greetings and well-wishes for the addressee and his two sons, Firuz and ‘Abbas
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Telegram from Muhammad to Muzaffar al-Din Mirza, 1892
To the Crown Prince Muzaffar al-Din Mirza regarding granting the title of Mutaman Nizami to Haji Mirza Yusuf Khan Sartip (brigadier), Shaykh al-Islam's stipend with regards to two girls, and a payment of the deceased Shukr Allah Khan (from Maraghah)’s stipend to his children
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Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1890
Haji Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ (from Tabriz)'s petition discusses the pension of Mulla Yahya and ʻAbd Allah Bayg, the hardships the author went through during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and the delay in paying one-third of Mulla Yahya's belongings to his inheritors. This delay was caused by the heir of Haji Muhammad Baqir who is the Kadkhuda (village chief) of a village, which is owned by Surur al-Saltanah. His appointees sabotaged the payment despite the efforts of Mustashar al-Sultan. At the end, the author refers to the necessity of paying the one-third and asks the addressee to...
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