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Letter about daughters of ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil, 1903
A letter from the British Embassy was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed by Sakinah and Fatimah, daughters of the late Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil; they are giving up their Ottoman nationalities along with their father. The author tells the addressee that from this letter, it is not clear what the request of the late Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil's daughters is; do they want to be Iranian citizens or British citizens? The author asks the addressee to investigate which wife of Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim is the mother of these girls and which nationality they intend to be. Once their purpose is...
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Letter from Lutf Allah Hakim to Mrs. Platt, 1919
Mentions receiving the addressee's letter and check, receipts from sending money to Dr. Clock in Tehran, and serving the Baha’i community
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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, telling her that he has been busy with exams and done well, that he follows the news of Iran through the Istiqlal-i Iran newspaper, advises her to take care of her health and do some exercise, and requests that some money be sent to him by Mughis al-Saltanah. He then mentions one of his classmates' suicide over a girl. He states that the absence of the veil in Europe causes many problems, as many young men kill themselves over women and women poison themselves over men. He concludes that getting...
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Letter from Lutf Allah Hakim to Dr. Clock, 1919
Mentions receiving a check from Mrs. Platt and cashing it and transferring the money to the addressee; talks about their previous time together and having no doubt the addressee has done a great job to heal a good number of people; gives updates about the Convention, his work, and going to work with ‘Abd al-Baha’ in Haifa; and asks the addressee to confirm receipt of this letter and the enclosed draft both to Mrs. Platt in Los Angeles and himself
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her daughter-in-law, Azarmidukht Pizishk-niya; includes greetings and family news, discusses her own illness, and expresses her happiness about the recovery of Fatimah’s foot and her prayer for Fatimah's recuperation. She asks Azarmidukht to send photographs, requests a winter coat from Paris, and a bag and a pair of shoes from England. She also asks her to pray for her when visiting the shrines.
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Miscellaneous correspondence
Miscellaneous correspondence, including the following: a letter from ʻAlimuhammad Qasimi to ʻAliyah Khanum [Subh-i Azal] inviting her to visit Iran with a prayer on the verso; an envelope addressed to the Dawlatabadi sisters and sent to Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Khan Ansari's home address with a note on the verso: "there is a piece of handwriting by your late father [Mirza Hadi Dawlatabadi];" a letter from a Bengali scholar to Subh-i ʻAzal requesting books on the Babi religion, so that he could decide about its validity; three letters and a prayer, two of them are written by Shaykh Ahmad [Ruhi...
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