Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum (Khanum Khavatin)

b. 1874 or 1875
d. 1956 or 1957

Daughter of Muhammad Mahdi Khan ‘Adl al-Mulk; married Nasr Allah Khan Ibrahimi; their children: Niyaz ‘Ali Khan, Nusrat Allah Khan, and Afaq; Khanum Khavatin was literate, had read the Qur’an, and had memorized poems by Hafez. She was a follower of Shah Ni‘mat Allah Vali and her leader was Zu al-Riyasatayn. She passed away at the age of eighty-two.

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