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Ardalan boys, undated

Left to right: (standing) ʻAli Quli Ardalan and ʻAbbas Quli Ardalan with their nephews Sultan Muhammad Ardalan (son of ʻIzz al-Mamalik Ardalan) and (seated) Nasr Allah Ardalan (son of Fakhr al-Mamalik Ardalan). The household instructor (lalah) of the Ardalan boys stands behind them.
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Letter

The author sends her/his greetings and news of the household.
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Pand Namah-i Mulla Baji, 1912

Book of Advice of Mulla Baji [female tutor], written by ‘Ali Zadah Pizishk
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Calligraphy, 1925 or 1926

Signed by: Ruqiyah Zahidi [Khvajah-nuri]: written under supervision of Ustad Mir ‘Imad Khan [Ghulam Shahi] Mirfindiriski, 1925 [or 1926]
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Calligraphy, 1929 or 1930

Signed by: Ruqiyah Zahidi [Khvajah-nuri]: written under supervision of Ustad Mir ‘Imad [Ghulam Shahi] Mirfindiriski, 1929 [or 1930]
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Group portrait

Pictured standing from the left are: Jaʻfar Mirza ʻAli, tutor of the child he is holding, Mohammad Askari, ʻIsa Muqimi, and Abu al-Qasim; in the second row: Aqa Muqimi (ʻIsa Muqimi's brother), Mirza Ghaffar Khan, Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, Husayn Khan (cousin of Mohammad Askari), and Husayn ʻAli Khan; the seated children from left: Ibrahim, Mahdi, Ahmad, Mahmud, Riza, Abu al-Fazl, and Abu al-Qasim
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)

Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), sharing family news. Specifically, she informs him that their brother and sister, Mahmud Khan and Ma'sumah Khanum, are doing well, but are not much interested in their lessons, since their previous tutors are gone and they do not like the new one.
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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 she will not receive the postcards he was going to send with Saham Nizam, her previous tutor, as he has canceled his trip to Iran. Muhammad ‘Ali Khan mentions a photograph of him that he is sending with the letter.
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Akhtar al-Saltanah and her tutor
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Letter about visiting the Crown Prince in Tabriz

The writer talks about his mission to Tabriz and visit to the Crown Prince [Muzaffar al-Din Mirza], how this mission had failed and the Crown Prince had refused to see him, saying that he did not need a tutor. He describes the Crown Prince's outrage and adds that Shukuh al-Saltanah knew all along that this mission was doomed to fail. He then gives an account of how he had paid his debts to the butcher, the grocer, and the draper before leaving Tabriz as well as his meeting with Zill al-Sultan. He also mentions Shukuh al-Saltanah's complaint and disappointment about how the Crown Prince did...

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