Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

‘Ayn al-Huda (‘Ayni Khanum) Najmabadi, the daughter of Ruqiyah Kundushlu and Shaykh Mahdi Najmabadi, was born in 1898 or 1899. She was one of the first graduates of the Midwifery School in Iran. ‘Ayni Khanum married ‘Isa Najmabadi but the marriage was revocated before the wedding (1926). She died in 1935 or 1936 and was buried at Shaykh Hadi Mausoleum, Shaykh Hadi Street, Tehran.

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