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Backgammon

Belonged to Banu-yi Ashraf, who was an excellent player of both backgammon and chess.
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Chess set

Belonged to Munir al-Muluk Jahandari.
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Inlaid Backgammon

Belonged to Shams Aʻzam Qavami, who handed it down to his son, Manuchihr Qavami. Manuchihr Qavami passed it down to his daughter, Aʻzam Dukht Qavami.
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Women and men next to ferris wheel
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Turan al-Dawlah and others

The woman pictured standing in the back is Taj Iran Zarghami; her husband, Husayn Fasihi (Taj Iran's husband), is pictured playing chess with Turan al-Dawlah (Taj Iran's mother). Turan al-Dawlah was the daughter of Taj al-Saltanah and Hasan Khan Shuja' al-Saltanah.
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Farkhondeh Sohraby

Farkhondeh Sohraby (daughter of ‘Alaviyah Khanum and Badi‘ al-Saltanah) playing backgammon
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Booklet of games

This booklet belonged to [Zahra] Jaʻfari Hiravi, in which she describes group games and exercises and records the date that these games were played at school.
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Fatma Mukhtarova

Opera singer, born in Urumiyah
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Group portrait

Seated on the ground: Uncle Sabbar; the rest are unidentified.
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Cancellation of ‘Ali Qilich's event, 1910

A cancellation due to objections by the ‘Ulama regarding the presence of women at such events; the writer mentions some criticism of ‘Ali Qilich.

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