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Tarbiat al-bunat

An early text for the education of girls, adapted and translated by Mirza ‘Aziz Allah Khan.
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Qur’an, 1867 or 8

Written in the hand of Ziaʼ al-Saltanah (1799-1873), daughter of Fath ‘Ali Shah Qajar and Maryam Khanum.
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Tarbiat-i nisvan

This book is a partial translation of Tahrir al-mar'a, by Qasim Amin (publihsed in Cairo, 1899). It was translated from Arabic into Persian by Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani (I'tisam al-Mulk, Parvin I'tisami's father).
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Gawhariyah

A compilation of poems by Shams al-Shu‘ara’ initiated by Mirza Ahmad Khan Fatih al-Mulk in May 1901 and completed in July 1902. According to the book's introduction, Gawhar Khanum is the daughter of Musa Khan and Tayqun Khanum (a daughter of Fath ‘Ali Shah).
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Rustam and Almas, October or November 1907

A play critical of the social and political situation in Iran at the end of Qajar era.
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Qurutab-i badinjan

This treatise is social criticism written in the form of a comical story that is set in the month of Khurdad of the year 1289 AH in Tehran. The manuscript was rewritten on the 4th of Safar in 1348 AH by Mirza Sulayman Shaqaqi at the request of its first writer ʻImad al-Saltanah.
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Alfiyah va shalfiyah

This manuscript is one of the class of works that goes by the generic title of 'Lizzat al-nisa’' or 'Women's pleasure.' It covers the use of medicinal drugs for personal beauty and as aphrodisiacs, and a manual explaining and illustrating various positions during sexual intercourse. The text ultimately derives from Sanskrit works such as the Kamasutra and Kokashastra. The manuscript is of Indian provenance, as is clear from the thirty-four illustrations executed in a popular nineteenth-century style. There is a personal seal, illegible, on the last page.
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Bayan al-tibb

Bayan al-tibb is a medical textbook written by Hubaysh ibn Ibrahim Tiflisi in the 6th century AH. This book includes three parts: the first part is about medical sciences; the second is about simple foods and drugs; and the third concerns complex foods and drugs. The author dedicates Bayan al-tibb to Malik Shah, son of Qilij Arsalan Saljuqi. Six copies of this manuscript exist.
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Etiquette for socializing women

A male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to women about their conduct and behavior. For more information about this version see page 3 of the second volume of Malik Library's catalogue of manuscripts. Also see Ruhangiz Karachi's article “Who is the original author of Ta’dib al-nisvan?”, Tarikh-i adabiyat, 65, 3 (summer 2010): 199-208.
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Essays in medicine

A collection of essays in medicine. Titles include: reasons of death attributed to Hippocrates, prayers for cholera and plague, translation of Tibb al-Riza, essay on reproduction, a selection of Tuhfat al-Muʼminin, essay on maintaining health, facilitating the cure, essay on cholera, difference between typhoid and cholera.

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