Fath‘ali Vaziri (son of Bibi Khanum Astarabadi and Musa Khan Vaziri) and his children
Marriage contract of Narjis Khanum, known as Gawhar al-Saltanah, the daughter of Shahzadah Mubashshir al-Sultan, and Sultan Fath‘ali Khan [Vaziri], the son of [Bibi Khanum Astarabadi and] Musa Khan Mirpanjah [Vaziri]. The mahr is 750 tumans, a Qurʼan (worth 10 tumans), a mirror, and two lamps. Of this, the bride received 250 tumans, the mirror, and the lamps, while the remaining 500 tumans adn the 10 tumans (the value of the Qurʼan) were charged to the groom.
From left: Malakah Vaziri (daughter of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri), Fath‘ali Vaziri, Shamsi Vaziri (daughter of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri), and Badri Vaziri (daughter of Akhtar A‘zam and ‘Alinaqi Vaziri)
From left: Malakah, Faridun, Iraj, Huma, and Shamsi Vaziri; standing in the back: Fath‘ali Vaziri
From left, front row: Firishtah Vaziri, Shamsi Vaziri, and Huma Vaziri; back row: Faridun Vaziri, Malakah Vaziri, Fath‘ali Vaziri, Ishaq Nafisi, and Iraj Vaziri. Firishtah, Shamsi, Huma, Faridun, Malakah, and Iraj are the children of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri.
Mahlaqa Mallah's interview, conducted on June 1st and 6th, 2014 by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, in which she shares memories of her mother, Afzal Vaziri, who was the daughter of Bibi Khanum Astarabadi. Also, she talks about her own childhood and youth.
According to the numbers marked on the second image, pictured here are: first row, in front: 1- Mihrangiz Mallah 2- Firishtah Vaziri (daughter of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri) 3- Huma Vaziri (daughter of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri) 4- Sayfi Vaziri (son of ‘Izzat al-Muluk and ‘Aliriza Vaziri) 5- Faridun Vaziri (son of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri, he died in childhood); second row: 6- Shamsi Bayat (granddaughter of Fatimah Sultan Vaziri and sister of Muhammad Zaman Bayat) 7- Muhtaram Khanum (daughter of ‘Aliyah Khanum and ‘Abd Allah Khan Vaziri) 8- Gawhar al-Saltanah (wife of Fath‘ali Vaziri) 9- ‘Izzat al-Muluk (wife of ‘Aliriza Vaziri) 10- Nusrat Khanum Shazdah (wife of ‘Abd Allah Vaziri) 11- Badr Afaq (daughter of Akhtar A‘zam and ‘Alinaqi Vaziri and wife of Husayn‘ali Mallah) 12- Shah Zanan ‘Alavi (Shajan, wife of ‘Ali Asghar Vaziri) 13- Khadijah Afzal Vaziri 14- Mahlaqa Mallah; third row: 15- ‘Ali Asghar Vaziri 16- Fath‘ali Vaziri 17- ‘Abd Allah Khan Vaziri 18- ‘Alinaqi Vaziri (Colonel) 19- ‘Aliriza Vaziri 20- Muhammad Hijazi (brother of ‘Azra Hijazi) 21- Muhammad Zaman Bayat (son of Taj al-Muluk Bayat and the first husband of Mahlaqa Mallah) 22- Buzurg ‘Alavi (brother of Shah Zanan ‘Alavi) 23- Malakah Vaziri (daughter of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri) 24- Maryam Vaziri (daughter of Musa Khan Vaziri) 25- Mahindukht Vaziri (daughter of ‘Azra Hijazi and Hasan‘ali Vaziri) 26- Shamsi Vaziri (daughter of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri)
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