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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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Delayed salaries of Aminah Gul and ‘Ajab Naz, 1912
Letter from the Ministry of Finance to Monsieur Lalu [?], the Treasury General, regarding the delayed paychecks of Aminah Gul (daughter of Habib Allah Khan) and ‘Ajab Naz (daughter of Nazar ‘Ali Khan), servants of Nasir al-Din Shah; along with their payment invoice
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Documents of Mah Sultan Khanum's claim against Amin Darbar, 1908 to 1913
Mah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Husayn Darvazah-ban (Gatekeeper) claims that Amin Darbar (Amin Khalvat) has seized her property, a piece of land in Dushan Tappah. Mirza Ahmad Khan, with the power of attoreny from his father, Amin Darbar, claims that this property was part of a larger property purchased from the late Nasir al-Din Shah. After Mashhadi Husayn's comlaint about his land, Nasir al-Din Shah ordered Amin Darbar to pay him twenty-five tumans and settle. Mah Sultan Khanum believes the mentioned settlement is invalid; documents include court transcripts as well as letters from...
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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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Nasir al-Din Shah's writing
Regarding financial transactions related to ‘Ala’ al-Din, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, Amin al-Sultan, and Qavam
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Letter from Mu‘tamad al-Mulk to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1870 or 1871
Includes reports about Qavam al-Dawlah, Mushir al-Dawlah, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahd-i ‘Ulya, and Asif al-Dawlah
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Delayed salaries of some women from Nasir al-Din Shah's harem, 1915 to 1916
Request by Ghunchah Khanum, Tuhfah Gul Khanum, and Gulistan Khanum (from Nasir al-Din Shah's harem) and the underage children of Khanumi Khanum (Zulfaqar Khan and Mustafa Khan) to the Ministry of Finance regarding their delayed salaries; along with a recommendation from the Ministry of Finance to the Treasury General, Monsieur Lalu, for their payment
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Letter from Mirza Lutf Allah from Asadabad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
The writer, after sending his gratitude and expressing his service and devotion to the addressee, writes about his work for Muhammad Husayn Khan, grandchild of Sahib Ikhtiyar, per Sahib Ikhtiyar's request. He notes the difficulties of working for Muhammad Husayn Khan and his delay and incompetence in paying workers' wages; despite promising the author to pay his salary, Taji Khanum is reluctant to do so. At the end, he asks the addressee to order that his salary be paid.
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1869 or 1870
Includes greetings and talks about the weather getting worse in Niyavaran after Nasir al-Din Shah's departure and wishing for nice weather for him in Lar; informs him about the well-being of Nayib al-Saltanah and servants of the harem; mentions Shahzadah Vali's petition she sent via Haji Sa‘id and reminds the addressee to give him the promised annual two hundred tumans; and writes about sending the garden's sour cherries, one hundred coins, and the fabric for his outfit along with Qurban‘ali Bayg
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Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1872 or 1873
The writer talks about receiving Nasir al-Din Shah's letter and sending a fifty-tuman offering to the addressee through Amin al-Sultan. He recalls collecting Nasir al-Din Shah's drawings that he made during the annual parties of Mahd-i ‘Ulya and ‘Izzat al-Dawlah and inquires about new drawings. The writer mentions Nasir al-Din Shah's note and while acknowledging his cyclothymia and asks to be excused for his occasional ignorant and demented behaviors.
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