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Hajj travelogue

The author's name is not known. The pilgrimage is in Muhammad Shah period. The travelogue includes information about women pilgrims, including Ziyaʼ al-Saltanah, daughter of Fath ‘Ali Shah. More information about this item could be found on page 465 of the third volume (first part) of Malik Library's catalog of manuscripts. Page 17 bears the seal of Muhammad Husayn.
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Vaqayiʻ al-ayyam

This is a travelogue of Shaykh al-Islam Mansur Qazvini in which he gives accounts of the lives of people. In the beginning it is indicated that the manuscript is in his own hand writing, but at the end it is mentioned that the scribe of this volume, which was finished in 1893, was Mirza ʻAli Akbar, the son of Karbalayi Ghulamʻali.
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Hajj travelogue, February or March 1882

According to Dr. Rasul Ja‘farian, publisher of the travelogue, the author is Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah (d. 3 August 1888), daughter of Farhad Mirza Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah and Jahan Ara Khanum. Jahan Ara is the daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza Dawlatshahi, son of Fath ‘Ali Shah. Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah married three times: first to Mirza Muhammad Qavam al-Dawlah Ashtiyani (d. 1873); then to Mirza Musa (d. 1881), son of Mirza Hadi Ashtiyani Vazir Lashgar; then to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Vahab Khan Asif al-Dawlah (d. 1887). Hajiyah Mihr Mah Khanum ‘Ismat al-Saltanah...
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Travel journal

ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani's travel journal. ʻAlaviyah Khanum, ʻAli Khan and a few others went on Hajj and made pilgrimages to the shrines in Iraq. On the way back to Iran, she visited a number of cities including Tehran and the Nasiri Court. This travel journal was written by ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani. On the first page of the book (this page was written by ʻAli Khan at the request of ʻAlaviyah Khanum), ʻAlaviyah Khanum noted that she wrote this book because she missed her husband and also to record these events in history. The author's actual name is not known and "ʻAlaviyah Khanum Kirmani"...

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