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Title Life at the court of the early Qajar shahs / Soltan Ahmad Mirza 'Azod Al-Dowleh ; translated, edited and annotated by Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar
Publisher Washington, D.C. : Mage Publishers, 2014
Location Call Number Status
 Watson Library Stacks  DS302 .A9713 2014    CHECKED OUT
 Islamic Art  DS302 .A9713 2014    REQUESTABLE
Description xxxii, 414 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents Genesis of the Tarikh -- About the Text -- Account Of The Wives Of The Late Khaqan -- Asiyeh Khanum and Badr al-Nesa Khanum -- Agha Baji and Taj al-Dowleh -- Tavus Khanum Taj al-Dowleh -- Sonbol Khanum -- Khazen al-Dowleh -- Kheyr al-Nesa Khanum -- Maryam Khanum -- Zia' al-Saltaneh -- Begom Khanum -- Soltan Khanum -- Badr-e Jahan Khanum -- Naneh Khanum Hajieh Ostad -- Bibi Khanum -- Mah Afarin Khanum -- Zeynab Khanum -- Begom Jan Khanum, Chamberlain and Head of the Night Watch -- Khanum Kuchak, Master of the Imperial Kitchens -- Kheyr al-Nesa Khanum Qovanlu -- Golbakht Khanum and Kuchak Khanum -- Ostad Mina, Ostad Zohreh and the Imperial Court Musicians -- Moshtari Khanum -- Importance of Augurs and Omens -- Nowruz Rituals -- Manuchehr Khan Mo'tamed al-Dowleh -- The Order of Seating at the Sofreh of His Majesty and the Order of the Salam. -- Asiyeh Khanum Qajar Qovanlu -- Nesa Baji -- Qajar and Non-Qajar Brides in the Imperial Household -- Galin Khanunis -- The Imperial Eunuchs -- Agha Jas far -- Agha Kamal -- Agha Ya'qub -- Ya'qub Khan -- Eunuchs of Taj al-Dowleh and Khazen al-Dowleh -- Khosrow Khan -- Agha Hoseyn Baluch -- Haji Mirza 'Alireza -- Marriages of the Daughters of the Late Khaqan -- Soltan Begom Khanum and Ebrahim Khan -- Khorshid Kolah Khanum and Mirza 'Ali Mohammad Khan -- Farzaneh Khanum and Hoseyn 'Ali Khan -- Hosn-e Jahan Khanum and Khosrow Khan -- Qeysar Khanum and Soleyman Khan -- Shirin Jahan Khanum and Mehdi Qoli Khan -- Shams Banu Khanum and Haji Mirza Musa Khan -- Derakhshandeh Gowhar Khanum and Mirza Esnia'il Khan -- Khan Bibi Khanum and Monajem Bashi Rashti -- Agha Begom Khanum and Mirza 'Ali Mollabashi -- Seyyed Begom and Zaki Khan Nuri -- Khorram Bahar Khanum and Mirza Fath 'Ali Khan. -- Mah Nush Lab Khanum and Mirza Nabi Khan -- Qajar Elders and Other Nobles -- Mirza Mohammad Khan beglarbegi Davalu -- Mehdi Qoli Khan beglarbegi Davalu -- Soleyman Khan E'tezad al-Dowleh Qajar Qovanlu -- Mostafa Qoli Khan Qajar Qovanlu -- Mohammad Hoseyn Khan Marvi 'Ezz al-Dinlu Fakhr al-Dowleh -- Jan Mohammad Khan Qajar Davalu B-Khani Qajar -- Relationship of Fath 'Ali Shah with his Children in the Imperial Harem -- Tuti Khanum -- Ladies of the Imperial Qahvehkhaneh -- The Story of Soltan Haghi -- Khadijeh Khanum -- Mohammad Zaman Khan 'Ezz al-Dinlu -- Sadr-e A'zams of the Late Khaqan -- Mirza Shafi' -- Ebrahim Khan E'temad al-Dowleh -- Haji Mohammad Hoseyn Khan Sadr-e Esfahani -- 'Abdollah Khan Amin al-Dowleh -- Qa'em-Maqam Farahani and the Story of Zell al-Soltan -- Allah Verdi Mirza and the Shah's Night Watch -- The Senior Sons of Fath 'Ali Shah -- 'Abbas Mirza Nayeb al-Saltaneh -- Mohammad 'Ali Mirza Dowlatshah -- Mohammad Qoli Mirza Molk-Ara -- Hoseyn 'Ali Mirza Farman-Farma -- Members of the Court of Fath 'Ali Shah -- The Wives of Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar -- Religious Elders -- Mand-e 'Olia and Hoseyn Qoli Khan (Kuchak) -- Learned Men -- Imperial Pageboys -- Portrait of the Martyred Khaqan -- The Death of 'Abbas Mirza and the Forbearance shown by His Majesty -- Members of the Court of Mohammad Shah -- Portrait of His late Majesty Mohammad Shah Ghazi -- Position of the Wives of the late Khaqan in the Harem of Mohammad Shah -- The Remaining Sons of Fath 'Ali Shah at the Court of Mohammad Shah -- Friday Salam at the Court of Mohammad Shah -- Position of the Wives and Daughters of Fath 'Ali Shah at the Friday Salam of Mohammad Shah -- Of the Descendants of the late Khaqan -- Introduction to Appendices -- Sources -- Appendix A Qajar Qovanlu Ruling House Line (Primogeniture; Simplified) -- Appendix B Qajar Qovanlu Ruling House Line (Extended) -- Appendix C Children of 'Abbas Mirza "Nayeb al-Saltaneh" -- Appendix D1 Qajar Qovanlu Khans and 11-Khans Line (Amirsoleymani Line) -- Appendix D2 Qajar Qovanlu Khans and 11-Khans Line (Sardar Erevani (Iravani) Line) -- Appendix E Qajar Davalu Tajbakhsh Khans and II-Khins -- Appendix F Children of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar -- Appendix G Qasem-Maqam Farahani Line -- Appendix H Sadr-e Esfahani Line -- Appendix I Aqa Khan (Aga Khan) Line -- Appendix J Mo'ayyer al-Mamalek Line -- Appendix K Excerpt from Dust 'Ali Khan Mo'ayyer al-Mamalek's Rejal-e 'Asr-e Naseri -- Appendix L Descendants of Soltan Ahmad Mirza "'Azod al-Dowleh" -- Appendix M Excerpt from Sir Robert Ker Porter's Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia, etc., in the years 1817-1820 (Vol. I, 1821, pp. 320-356) -- Historiography, Memory and Memoir -- Then and Now -- On Writing History -- Memory and Memoir -- Typologies -- Examples -- Contexts -- Introduction Endnotes -- Translation Endnotes -- Afterword Endnotes
Notes At head of title : The Tarikh-e ʻAzodi of Soltan Ahmad Mirza 'Azod Al-Dowleh
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subjects ʻAz̤ud al-Dawlah, Sulṭān Aḥmad, 1824-
Qājār, Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Iran, -1834.
Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.
Additional Authors Eskandari, Manoutchehr M., 1956-
Other Title Tarikh-e ʻAzodi. English
Tarikh-e ʻAzodi
Donor Watson Library copy: Arthur K. Watson Gift
ISBN 1933823739 (hardback)
9781933823737 (hardback)
OCLC 893457621