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Hajiyah Valiyah Khanum [to Afkham al-Dawlah?]

Letter from Hajiyah Valiyah Khanum (‘Abbasah) Salur, daughter of ‘Izz al-Dawlah Salur and Tajmah Khanum and wife of Fakhr al-Mulk Ardalan, possiblly to her brother, Afkham al-Dawlah (Faridun Mirza Salur) concerning family matters.
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Prayers

Inscription regarding marriage is written partly in Arabic; the rest includes prayers to stop rheum, fertility, and several puzzles.
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Istifta’ about pregnancy and temporary marriage

Taymur asks a Muslim cleric if a woman who is in her fourth month of pregnancy during a temporary marriage could, after the end of the marriage, ask for alimony until giving birth.
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Asiyah Khanum

Asiyah Khanum in Astarabad, pregnant with her third child, Zahra.
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Fatimah's deposition, 1918

Fatimah states that she has not become pregnant since she has been married to Husayn (son of the late Bab‘ali). There is other evidence that proves the accuracy of her statement.
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Tatiyana

Daughter of Sufiya Khanum and Buyuk Khan; she was pregnant when this photo was taken
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Miscellaneous writings

Miscellaneous writings, including a handwriting possibly by ʻAziz al-Muluk, daughter of Rukhsarah Khanum and Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, some poems in different handwritings, and a Qur’an divination on traveling during ʻAziz al-Muluk' s pregnancy.
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Seven essays on medicine

Several Essays on medicine, including an essay written by Sayyid Ismaʻil Musavi ʻUrayzi Yazdi in 1834 or 1835, in which he prescribes donkey's milk for women who do not get pregnant and for impotent men or those with premature ejaculation.
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Questions and answers

Three questions asked of Imami [Shi‘i] clerics: 1- whether couples who remarry each other within one month of the divorce need another contract; 2- whether the eldest son inherits the father's belongings (Qur’an, swords, and rings); 3- whether a woman who is found to be pregnant one or two months after her divorce is entitled to alimony during the pregnancy. Answers: there is no need for a second contract if the remarriage happens before the end of ‘iddah; 2- If the set of objects are the personal property of the father they will go to the eldest son, but if they were obtained for...
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Khadijah Sultan to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)

Khadijah Sultan writes to her son, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), telling him that ‘Izzat al-Saltanah is doing well and, unlike what he thinks about her pregnancy, it was early and her husband's family were very eager for this. Also, since Muhammad ‘Ali Khan has asked for his mother's opinion on hiring a tutor, she suggests that he hire a chaste woman, so that Khadijah Sultan will not have to deal with her love affairs. She tells him that the tutor they hired in Farmanfarma's house has been obliged to wear a chador when she goes out.

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