Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1872 or 1873

Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1872 or 1873

The writer talks about receiving Nasir al-Din Shah’s letter and sending a fifty-tuman offering to the addressee through Amin al-Sultan. He recalls collecting Nasir al-Din Shah’s drawings that he made during the annual parties of Mahd-i ‘Ulya and ‘Izzat al-Dawlah and inquires about new drawings. The writer mentions Nasir al-Din Shah’s note and while acknowledging his cyclothymia and asks to be excused for his occasional ignorant and demented behaviors.

Item Details