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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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About meeting Mirza Sadiq Mustawfi about the grain and stipends, the sixty-tuman salary, some political and financial issues, the news of Mirza Hasan Khan Mustawfi and ‘Amuqizi [paternal cousin] Khanum's arrival, and paying fifty tumans to Mah Rukhsar Khanum to get her divorced.
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The writer is concerned about the addressee's health since he had left while still ill, saying that he should take a leave to come home if he is still sick as there is no one there to take care of him -- Sarkar ‘Aliyah was so concerned that she wanted to go to Sharafkhanah; urges him to write about himself and then shares some news, including the arrival of the malevolent Javad; the writer mentions his own illness, reports that they have asked Sayf Allah Khan to agree to the addressee's leave and that they wanted to telephone him but could not because the wind caused the telephone pole to...
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About receiving the envelopes addressed to Aqa-yi Muqtadir and Muntasir; in response to the addressee's request for a list of household expenses, the writer states that there is no such account, as no one has recorded the expenses and that the small debts have been paid off, except for that of Haji Isma‘il, which will be paid soon; points out the difference between their account and that of Haji Mir Muhammad and blames the addressee for the ambiguity; discusses paying two of the household's fifteen tumans to Fatimah Khanum; reassures the addressee that bread will be provided to the...
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The writer, grateful for the wheat the addressee sent to them via Sadiq Lashkar, explains giving a portion to the writer's father, selling another portion, and using the rest to make flour; discusses mother's illness; says that the sister and her daughter have come to stay at the writer's house, that her family is paying the daughter's expenses but nothing for the sister; notes the difficulty to afford buying fuel; mentions Haji Musa, who was supposed to pay a monthly amount of two tumans, but only paid the first month and asks the addressee to talk to him, since that money could be used to...
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Letter
Includes greetings and family and work related news, encourages the addressee to hold a Rawzah-khvani ceremony, which the writer will also do upon returning.
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan
Envelope bears Hamid al-Sultan's seal and is addressed to Hamid al-Sultan's house; in the letter, probably from Hamid al-Sultan to his wife, he talks about being preoccupied with work; not being upset with ‘Amid Lashkar and sending him his greetings; sending the souvenir she had requested via ‘Ali ‘Abbas; inquiring about Sadiqah and Safiyah and sending their package as soon as it is ready; asking about the money Akhund was supposed to give them; sending his greetings to Sarkar ‘Illiyah Khanum and ‘Alaviyah Khanum; and telling her to get the money from Haji ‘Ali Akbar, promising to send an...
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Letter from I‘tisam Nizam
Regarding the addressee's salary, a request to give two hundred tumans to Amin al-Mamalik to pay to the bank, and sending greetings to his sister and others.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar
On the letterhead of Accounting Office of the Ministry of War's Azarbayjan army; Muntasir Lashkar expresses his appreciation of the addressee' s contributions in dividing the inheritance and his concern at not receiving his payments and sends the news that the household folk and children are all well but miss the addressee.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to his sister-in-law
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; addressed to his sister-in-law; about sending ‘Amid Lashkar's allowance, the revenue from the grains from Khalifah Kandi village and Khan's estate, which belongs to all the inheritors, via Muhammad Khan; Karim Khan and his sister's shares; suggests that they send ‘Amid Lashkar to visit Satvat al-Saltanah on Fridays with their requests; discusses receiving wheat, rent, and payments.