Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Correspondence of Malakah Iran and Zahir al-Sultan with the Ministry of Finance, 1916 to 1918

Correspondence of Malakah Iran and Zahir al-Sultan with the Ministry of Finance, 1916 to 1918

Correspondence amongst Malakah Iran (Furugh al-Dawlah), the Treasury, and the Ministry of Finance regarding the approval of the Cabinet to pay five thousand tumans to Malakah Iran to compensate for damages to her house when it was bombarded along with the Majlis during the Constitutional Revolution, and requesting the remaining two thousand and five hundred tumans. After Malakah Iran’s death, her son, Muhammad Nasir Zahir al-Sultan, asks the Ministry of Finance to account for the remaining money as part of his taxes of seventy-six kharvars (unit of weight) of barley from Mast Khuban village in Irak; includes the power of attorney to Zahir al-Sultan given by Malakah Iran’s inheritors, Zahr-i Huzur, Furugh al-Dawlah, Malakah al-Muluk, and Valiyah Furugh al-Muluk, and confirmed by Safa ‘Ali (‘Ali Khan Zahir al-Dawlah).

Item Details

  • Date 6 May 1916 - 21 November 1918
  • Collections National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Repository National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Restrictions Users must refer to the National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran as the original owner of items in this collection.
  • Accessed 8 August 2020
  • Last Edited 2 October 2020
  • Record no. 902A9
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