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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 from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar; discusses receiving a twenty-five tuman promissory note via the merchant of Dilmaqan and delivering it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah, the delay in the payment of their salaries and other work-related issues, the cold weather, leveling of the roads, the new street, demolition of Nawbar bazaar; notes that the repairs have not yet reached their neighborhood and that the writer has not received any news from the villages because of the cold weather and closed roads; reports that Muhammad Khan and Haji ‘Abd Allah Khan have come on foot and that Sawlat...
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Letter to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding her properties
The writer suggests sowing the piece of land in the Sis village instead of building a house and discusses: sending flour, sowing barley, distributing wheat among the peasants, hiring a new gardener for the village of Yangajah, the stipends for the stewards and other workers, the issue about Hamzah, the petition by Turkman peasants and helping the poor, the delivery of the flour and the situation with Haji ‘Ali Ghulamluyi, the peasants' requests for wheat, and the request by the writer's brother, Najafquli.
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Letter to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding her properties
Part of a letter, regarding the requests by the workers of the orchards, the women weavers of Qarajah, payment of wages in money and goods to the workers and women weavers, the delay in sending barley and hay due to the muddy roads, the assignment of three people to guard the house and the garden in Malikzadah, and Ghulamhusayn Khan's request for an animal for qanat works.
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Letter to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding her properties
The writer discusses precipitation, sowing flowers, vegetables, crops, etc., Jabbar the gardener's request to purchase grapevines, the gardener's stipend, and Muhammad ‘Ali's request for bread and wheat.
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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...
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Letters from Abu Turab Khan and Muntasir Lashkar
Two letters on two sides of a paper. One most likely from Abu Turab Khan to Mahdi Khan Muntasir Lashkar, which includes greetings, a report of daily activities, asks for a shawl for his mother since he has taken the one the addressee had sent her, asks for money to purchase winter clothing, mentions Rubabah Khanum's complaints, and paying three tumans to his sister, Fatimah Khanum. The other letter is most likely from Mahdi Khan Muntasir Lashkar with the seal of Mahdi Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Ali, which includes greetings, mentions Abu Turab Khan and other's well-being, requests for money by Aqa-yi Sar...
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Petition to Nuzhat al-Dawlah
Addressing various issues, including counting the population of Amir Zakariya village, people's dire need for financial help, and giving wheat and barley to the gardener, the steward, and other workers as a stipend.