Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Letter, 1924

Letter, 1924

Regarding: delivery of the six-tuman promissory note to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; receiving the brigadier’s payment to the addressee and using it to pay the debts to Karbalayi Hasan and Buyuk Khanum; inquiring about Muqtadir’s action; delivery of thirty eight mans [unit of weight] of flour to the household from the village of Zaviyah; reading the addressee’s letter about Sarkar ‘Illiyah to her and [her response] that she is careful with money and there is no need to remind her, that parents are friends of their children and do what is best for them; other political and work-related news; sending pussy willow water via Mashhadi Mir Sadiq; the writer’s salary, which has not been issued; Yusuf gives military training to children, asking the addressee to send someone the same age as him for the writer’s house since the addressee’s sister has discharged Hajar; sending greetings on behalf of all the people of the household from Mustafa to Marziyah; the distribution of one tuman among the children; news of the engagement of the daughter of Muhammad Husayn ‘Arab to the son of Haji Yusuf the retailer; Sultan Khanum’s death; and planting in the yard and taking good care of the house in the addressee’s absence.

Item Details

  • Date 15 June 1924
  • Dimensions 20 x 26 cm
  • Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
  • Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 24 October 2017
  • Last Edited 7 February 2018
  • Record no. 14142A324
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