Sih rūz bih ākhir-i daryā: safarnāmah-yi Shāhzādah Khānum-i Qājārī

Sih Rūz bih Ākhir-i Daryā is the travel account of an unnamed Qajar princess — a granddaughter of Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh and, through her mother, a descendant of Nādir Shāh Afshār — who departed from Ṭabas on 21 Shaʻbān 1303 AH on a year-long pilgrimage to the Shīʻī holy sites and Mecca. Compiled by Nāzilā Nāẓimī from the autograph manuscript at Kitābkhānah-yi Millī-yi Īrān (no. 18422), the text is edited with strict fidelity. The account records the salt desert crossing, the Ottoman frontier and its tribal brigands, the sea passage via Bandar Būshihr, and the hazardous ḥajj caravans of the Jabel route. Written in clear prose enriched by poetry and proverbs, the narrative is distinguished by marginal annotations — likely by Abū al-Qāsim ʻImād al-Mamālik, son of the princess's husband — offering geographical and historical commentary on each city encountered. The second volume in the series Safarnāmahʹhā-yi Qadīmī-yi Zanān, it ranks among the earliest surviving travel accounts by Qajar women.