Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Letter, 1924

Letter, 1924

The writer refers to the addressee’s request for bringing his family to be with him, and explains his disagreement with it due to Anis al-Dawlah’s mismanagement and worrying about leaving the house vacant with no family there, but at the end leaves it to the addressee to decide; mentions visiting the addressee’s family, Raziyah, Marziyah; Buyuk Khanum goes to the Namus school and her progress in learning the alphabet; Safiyah and Tahirah will start primary school after the test, and they study well, but Buyuk is in prepatory; he then mentions Sawlat al-Saltanah’s servant’s delivery of some butter and that the household allowance has run out; asks Haji Isma‘il Aqa via Mir Abu al-Qasim to respond to the letter; reports the death of the young daughter of Hamid Aqa and Zahra Sultan and the mother’s sorrow; discusses sending the addressee’s kilim; and sends greetings from Mustafa Khan and Sarkar ‘Illiyah.

Item Details

  • Date 2 September 1924
  • Dimensions 21 x 13.5 cm
  • Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
  • Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 24 October 2017
  • Last Edited 22 January 2018
  • Record no. 14142A327
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