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Marriage contract of Taj Baygum and Ustad Abu al-Fath, 1909
Marriage contract of Taj Baygum, the daughter of Husayn‘ali, and Ustad Abu al-Fath, the son of Ustad Ujaq Quli from Dabuzarq. The mahr is fourteen tumans, of which a set of bedding and a samovar, worth six tumans, has been paid. The remaining eight tumans remain the groom's debt. A note on the margin reads, "Every year the husband should provide a certain amount of flour and cooked meat as well as clothing for the wife."
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Petition to Nuzhat al-Dawlah
The peasants of the village of Turkaman write to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding compliance with her order for their cooperation in helping the poor. They state that everyone has been involved except Musa Kalantar, Karbalayi Khalil, and Hamd Allah Kadkhuda [the village chief], who have enticed the steward, Mashhadi Muhammad Aqa, to send a faulty report to Nuzhat al-Dawlah. They explain that the purpose of their gathering has merely been to follow her orders to help the poor. They also mention that no one has received anything from Nuzhat al-Dawlah's nine thousand and five hundred-tuman donation,...
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan, 1914
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan; discusses: news of Mudir al-Iyalah's departure to Tabriz on Friday to bring his son, Baqir Khan, to his own house; having sent a letter and an outfit with him and asking the addressee to give the outfit to his sister and to let him know if Sarkar ‘Illiyah likes it so he can send one for her as well; sending six bottles of rose water, six bottles of pussy willow water, and one bottle of yarrow water, which is good for stomach pain, via Abu al-Qasim Aqa and advises the recipient to make sure that Ma‘sum receives the package and not to accept any broken bottles;...
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to Ghaffar Khan Sultan
Muntasir Lashkar complains about Ghaffar Khan Sultan ignoring his previous requests about sending money and flour via Muhammad Quli and Bayram‘ali and emphasizes the necessity of receiving those items before winter. He also mentions that he has sent Muhammad ‘Ali this time and says that the addressee has no more excuses for not sending the items.
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Letter from ‘Abd al-Husayn
Letter with ‘Abd al-Husayn's seal on verso; advising the addressee to write more often and in more detail, while keeping things confidential; mentions the addressee's request for bedding from the mother and asks for more patience until they can afford it; discusses the purchase of three kharvars [unit of weight] and sixty mans [unit of weight] wheat from Qaranquran village, sending ten mans of cheese for the house, and receiving Nur Muhammad Sultan's thirty tumans; advises the addressee on taking care of the household and the children, and not letting anyone get out of the house.
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Letter
About: receiving Aqa Sadiq's letter and gratitude for the eight bottles of rose water and pussy willow water; Habib Allah Khan, who has not yet responded; Sarkar ‘Illiyah will deliver the letters of Aqa-yi Muntasir and Haji Isma‘il ‘Arab; not receiving the ten mans [unit of weight] of butter that Sawlat al-Saltanah sent and asks the addressee to follow up and see if the peasants have cheated; the marriage ceremony of Haji Abu al-Fath Khan's daughter; work-related issues, salaries, and other family news.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to Mirza Abu Turab ‘Amid Lashkar, regarding the writer's return from Maraghah, his short stay in Zaviyah village, visiting Ghafur Khan's house and Raskan, regrets over Amid Lashkar's departure, happiness for ‘Azimat Khanum, concern that Mirza Mahmud Khan has not written to him, getting flour from ‘Ata Khan, purchasing oil for both the addressee's and the writer's households and receiving the cost from the writer's wife, sending wheat after the roads are safe, requesting a pack of papers and a saddlebag to be sent via Haji, the money kept by his wife in...
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Prayer
For attracting other people's affection and to marry them
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Letter
The writer hopes for the recovery of the addressee and talks about his travel to Marand and Zunuz, providing food for the household, sending money, and informing Hajar about Narjis and Halimah's well-being
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Letter from Habib Allah
Addressed to "dear brother"; about sending some household furnishing (beddings, rugs, etc.) via Quli Bayg; sends greetings to the daughters of Muzaffar Lashkar [Muntasir Lashkar?] and Mashhadi Khanum; and discusses sending forty five mans [unit of weight] of flour via Mashhadi ‘Abd al-‘Ali's son.