Search

Total results found 12

1Images

Suspicious death of a woman

A document regarding the suspicious death of a woman in Kanjur village and her husband's arrest
1Images

Khadijah's self-immolation, 1911

Also, news about the arrest of Salma and Nabat for burglary
1Images

Petition by Mir Kazim the grocer

Mir Kazim the grocer writes to Hujjat al-Islam to tell him that he had to sell his sugar cube shop to provide for his family, that he has lost all his capital, and while he has opened a grocery shop, he is still unable to afford the cost of living, despite having sold his household furnishings, and even his wife's clothing, three years ago. He has been so desperate that has even pondered killing himself and his family. He requests assistance.
1Images

Attempting suicide by eating opium, 1910

After quarreling with her son-in-law over the mahr and inheritance of her deceased daughter, a woman attempted to commit suicide by eating opium
1Images

Woman's suicide attempt, 1911

About Sakinah Khanum asking for a divorce, her husband's refusal, and her reaction of eating opium
3Images

Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah

Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, telling her that he has been busy with exams and done well, that he follows the news of Iran through the Istiqlal-i Iran newspaper, advises her to take care of her health and do some exercise, and requests that some money be sent to him by Mughis al-Saltanah. He then mentions one of his classmates' suicide over a girl. He states that the absence of the veil in Europe causes many problems, as many young men kill themselves over women and women poison themselves over men. He concludes that getting...
1Images

Death by eating opium, 1909

Quarreling between a husband and wife which ended with the wife's suicide. Then, her mother claimed her daughter's mahr from the husband.
16Images

Letters from ʻAziz al-Muluk to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Asiyah Khanum

Letters include: two letters to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam (ʻAziz al-Muluk's father) written by ʻAziz al-Muluk and her husband, Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Amjad al-Vizarah; several letters from ʻAziz al-Muluk to her father about family matters and buying jewelry and an embroidered textile (zarduzi); a letter from her to her sister, Asiyah Khanum; another letter concerns a marital dispute.
19Images

Collection of letters

Includes several love letters from an unidentified woman to Mahdiquli Mirza; two letters from Puri Khanum (Purandukht) to her husband, Mu‘in al-Din Mirza; and a letter from Azar Kavusi to Puran Nusrat Muzaffari (daughter of her paternal uncle) in Tehran about her school examinations; along with other letters.
5Images

Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908

Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...

Search

Suspicious death of a woman

Khadijah's self-immolation, 1911

Petition by Mir Kazim the grocer

Attempting suicide by eating opium, 1910

Woman's suicide attempt, 1911

Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah

Death by eating opium, 1909

Letters from ʻAziz al-Muluk to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Asiyah Khanum

Collection of letters

Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908

Filter

Genres

Subjects

Collections

People

Places

Transcription

Periods

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Search

Suspicious death of a woman

Khadijah's self-immolation, 1911

Petition by Mir Kazim the grocer

Attempting suicide by eating opium, 1910

Woman's suicide attempt, 1911

Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah

Death by eating opium, 1909

Letters from ʻAziz al-Muluk to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Asiyah Khanum

Collection of letters

Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908

Filter

Genres

Subjects

Collections

People

People

Places

Transcription

Periods