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Ballad
Three pages of tasnifs (ballads) with satirical content
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Correspondence related to Siqat al-Saltanah Saduqi and Mirza Isma‘il Khan Saduqi, 1924-1925
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Delegation to Sayyidah Fatimah, 1918
Haj Sayyid Riza Baqir al-ʻUlum, on behalf of the late Haj Sayyid Muhammad Aqa, has delegated the task of performing two years of fasts and prayers to Sayyidah Fatimah in exchange for eight tumans
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Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891
Haji Hamzah Aqa, the merchant from Tabriz, has added the following articles to the will he had drawn up earlier: one, donating his Egyptian fur coat to the executor of his will; two, regarding his deceased wife: he had specified her mahr and her other rights in his will, but since her death, it was paid off in total, except for forty tumans for prayers on her behalf, for which he is still responsible. He has specified that after his death, they should pray for twenty-two years and three months on her behalf; third, regarding the fasts and prayers mentioned in the will: five years should be...
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Istifta’ about the obsessive Mulla and performing marriage
Istifta’ [seeking the opinion of a Muslim cleric] about an obsessive Mulla who washes himself naked in cold water to the degree that his finger nails bleed and his body is harmed. The author asks whether this man is allowed to perform a marriage ceremony and if he can lead congregational prayer. Ayatollah Sadiq ibn Muhammad Tabatabayi has written his answer: he is not qualified to lead the prayer, but performing the marriage ceremony depends on his knowledge, unless the obsession has affected his mental capacities as well.
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Letter
After greetings, the writer informs the addressee about their arrival and mentions giving up the garden since there was no one to plow and take care of it, that the girls, Sayyidah Tahirah, and Sayyid Abu Turab are doing well; requests some pills for Sayyid Abu Turab; discusses getting two tumans from Karbalayi Aqa Riza and praying for Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali; sends greetings on behalf of Sayyid Abu Turab and the mother and sisters of the addressee; mentions the sister's request for a set of spoons and a face veil; and asks to send rice for the house.
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Letter about prayers on behalf of Nuzhat al-Dawlah, 1954
The writer gives an account of the contracts s/he has made with Shaykh Muhammad Riza Isfahani and Aqa ‘Abd al-Riza Baqiyan for performing prayers on behalf of the late Hajiyah Nuzhat al-Dawlah in Karbala’ and Najaf and has enclosed invoices.
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan; he writes that his only delight is hearing about his two children and family and that he gets worried when he has no letters from them and the addressee; expresses his condolences for the death of Zari Khanum and ‘Alaviyah Khanum's daughter; accepts Muntasir Lashkar's request to send some bottles of wine and arak, provided that he accepts the costs; discusses sending bottles of pussy willow water and rose water; mentions Safiyah's request for money to buy clothes and sending one tuman for the children to buy shoes and summer goods; informs the addressee of...
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Letter, 1922
Topics covered: the mourning ceremony; sending socks and handkerchiefs to the addressee via Hamd Allah Bayg the cossack and an outfit, a pair of underpants, and this letter via ‘Abd Allah, the servant of Muhammadzadah; news of the escort of His Highness entering Bagh-i Shah and their upcoming arrival to Tabriz on the fourteenth; Sarkar ‘Illiyah appraising Mirza Muhammad's recitation of Nawhah; Raziyah, Marziyah, Buyuk, and mother of Mustafa Khan send their greetings to the addressee; there is no visitors from the village until after ‘Ashura; the cold weather, the rain, and the problem with...
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Miscellaneous notes
Includes: the writer seeing her/his father in a dream after the morning prayer on December 29th, 1934 and his discussion of some financial matters; the writer's second dream of her/his father praying; interpreting the dreams and some discussion of financial matters. Margin of the second page: giving the power of attorney to Aqa Miri Khan Tabatabayi for the purchase of a house located in Charminar, Mujtahid alley. One of the notes has Zahra Sultan's signature.
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