Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Two letters in one envelope, 1909

Two letters in one envelope, 1909

Two letters kept in one envelope with seal of the crown prince; letter with seal of I‘zaz al-Mulk on verso, regarding: the letter to Basir al-Saltanah and informing the Shah; meeting Mirza Sadiq Mustawfi; grain; Amin al-Dawlah becoming Ra’is al-Vuzara; Amir Nizam’s arrival and ‘Ayn al-Dawlah’s departure to the ‘Atabat; Shahzadah Mulk Ara’s heart attack; Nizam al-Saltanah’s description of the deceased Shah’s burial; and complaining about some people. In the other letter, which is written on the letterhead of the Ministry of the Interior, the writer expresses condolences about the death of his father and the addressee’s husband; asks her to consider him his son and to look after the writer’s sisters and brothers; states that he is trying to take a leave to go to Tabriz; and mentions the misfortune of the late Mirza Ishaq Khan’s wife in Tehran. At the end, he points out that he spent one hundred [?] tumans holding a ceremony in Tehran.

Item Details

  • Date 1909 or 1910
  • Dimensions Letter: 21 x 27 cm, envelope: 12.5 x 15 cm
  • Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
  • Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 24 October 2017
  • Last Edited 22 January 2018
  • Record no. 14142A290
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