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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar
Hamid al-Sultan, probably to ‘Amid Lashkar, writing this letter after his mid-day nap, talks about the brigadier sending Bayram Kadkhuda [the village chief] to work on the financial accounts and other news, including Muqtadir Nizam's sheep; not receiving one month's salary; the children's medicine; ‘Ali Muhammad delivering seventeen tumans from Varaqah to the addressee's mother; expressing happiness with the choice of Sattar as the head of ‘Amidiyah kitchen and the decent food; discusses Haji Mirza ‘Ali Aqa's interest in purchasing the villages of Varaqah and Zaviyah; reports the...
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Letter, 1925
Mentions: greetings; receipt of the 27-tuman promissory note via Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Dilmaqan, giving it to ‘Illiyah [Khanum], and instructions on behalf of the addressee on how to spend it; Habib Allah Sultan borrowing one hundred and fifty tumans with a repayment plan of three installments; the difficulty of transportation due to the cold weather; that the writer is not able to attend parties as much as before; a request to send some herbal drinks and medicine for his illness; advising that the addressee seek help from Aqa Mirza Husayn Khan the notable of the neighborhood...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably to ‘Amid Lashkar; regarding: household and local news -- receiving the payment of a debt from Abu al-Fath Mirza and spending all of it on charcoal, etc.; the purchase of sheep; responding to Jalal Lashkar; Haji Mirza ‘Ali Aqa is interested to buy Zaviyah and Varaqah; not having received the two tumans that addressee had sent for [his] sister, Fatimah Khanum; the Department of Health's ban on abortion and summoning doctors and midwives, including Fatimah Khanum, to the Department to inform them about the mandate; asking the addressee not to write with pencil; the writer can send pen...