Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Letter to Mirza Mahmud Khan

Letter to Mirza Mahmud Khan

Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; reassures Mirza Mahmud Khan about financial issues and instructs him to get what they need from Mashhadi Hasan; notes that the writer asked ‘Amid Lashkar to give them money; advises him to respect the mother and attend to her needs because she is very old; inquires about Ma‘sumah Sultan and Ruqiyah Sultan, because he is afraid that they are dead since his questions about them are never answered in the letters; inquires about the education of the addressee, Mirza Ahmad Khan, and Mirza Muhammad Khan; asks about the money Khalah Jan owed them; inquires about the addressee’s paternal aunts and whether they have married or not; mentions that the letters are illegible and asks that Mirza Muhammad Khan’s maternal aunt write the letters; and asks about the money he has sent via Haj Faraj Aqa and whether they have received all twenty-five tumans.

Item Details

  • Date late 19th/early 20th century
  • Dimensions 21 x 13.5 cm
  • Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
  • Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 24 October 2017
  • Last Edited 12 February 2018
  • Record no. 14142A364
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