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Questions and answers
Questions regarding prayer, ablution, and fasting, as well as transactions with people who have haram (unlawful) income. Also addresses the sale, listening, and recording of the Qur’an or other religious verses on a sound box, in addition to playing the drum, trumpet, and cymbals in religious ceremonies.
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Letter
About delivering the addressee's petition and requesting that Mirza Mahdi Khan send the salam ceremony attire, the accounting books, and the promissory notes from Mu‘tamad al-Saltanah and Gawhar Khanum. The letter additionally requests the production of an opal seal with good handwriting and discusses other financial and professional issues.
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To ‘Amid Lashkar
[Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar]; the writer discusses work-related issues, such as delivering the account books and promissory notes to Shahzadah Pasha Khan, the governor of Savujbulagh. The letter also mentions family news, including Mirza Abu Turab Khan attending the wedding of the late Haji Rahim's daughter, the writer's own preoccupations and not having a chance to check on Mirza Abu Turab Khan's homework and lessons, and the news of Sawlat al-Saltanah's new daughter-in-law escaping with her cousin.
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1914
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, the pay master for the Qahramaniyah regiment of Tabriz, with Hamid al-Sultan's seal; the letter discusses: the purchase of a gold embroidered outfit for his sister and a promise to send one for Sarkar ‘Illiyah if she likes it; his decision to come to the city for Ahya’ [vigil] nights and stay until ‘Ayd-i Fitr and, and if that is not possible, to return at the beginning of the fall and not go back; repair of the kitchen wall; Safiyah and Sadiqah, and urging their mother not to get angry during Ramadan since it would void her fast; sending, via Haji Abu...
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Questions and answers
Questions by Shaykh Hasan Rashti for Muhammad Husayn Na’ini, Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Isfahani, and Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi, along with their answers; the first question is regarding a person who has transferred his properties to his sons a few hours before his death, excluding his daughter from inheritance; the second question is about bestowing a pair of silver hamsa amulets
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Mujtahid Isfahani, sent from Rasht, regarding a woman who has ended her fast in Ramadan during what she had falsely thought to be her menstruation; withdrawal before ejaculation; rent in case of tenant's death; and renting Takiyah during ʻAshura
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Will of Haji Mahdi Aqa, 1904
Haji Mahdi Aqa the merchant from Salmas, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, has assigned his nephew, Haji Mirza Aqa Muhammad Riza the merchant, as the executor of his will and Haji ‘Ali Aqa the merchant as the overseer. They are responsible for paying his debts and determining one-third of his belongings to be spent on the religious expenses of his will. The interest from the rest of his belongings goes to all the inheritors for ten years, after which the land will belong to his older sons and his daughters will be able to reside in the houses within the gardens. The younger sons...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar; topics include: the addressees' letter to Mashhadi Muhammad Aqa; the uniform that was sent on 25th of Rajab; ‘Alinaqi Khan the colonel and his new title, brigadier; collecting what was owed to them and informing Sitvat al-Saltanah of it; Shahzadah Dara's twenty tumans, the arrest of Bayram‘ali Kadkhuda in the village of Varaqah by Asad Allah Khan Yavar; Zahra Sultan's arrival in Tabriz; overseeing Mirza Abu Turab Khan's studies and learning of the Qur’an; requesting money to purchase clothing for Zahra Sultan, ‘Azimat Khanum, and others;...
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Letter, 1904
The writer [probably female] is concerned about the addressee, as she had not heard from him since he left for Tehran; she had prepared a telegram to send him, but then his letter arrived and she was overjoyed; she talks about the sufrah ceremony; has sent him some mahi azad [salmon], olives, and smoked fish; sends greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum, Khanumjan (her mother), Nur al-Hajiyah, and the female servants; reports that she has been dreaming about the addressee for the last three nights; discusses the epidemic in Rasht; asks about the well-being of Aqa Muhammad Taqi; reports on...
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Letter
Letter consists of family news, including: receiving the envelope and the lamb, that Basir Nizam has not given them the money yet, that Munavvar and Fatimah were not getting along and Munavvar has gone to her father's house, that the writer has asked Na’ib to come and get the children because of they were very upset, the request by the addressee's sister to purchase the properties of Haji Muhammad ‘Arab across from the ‘Arab mosque, but the writer does not have the money, Hamid Aqa's visit, asking the addressee to visit at the beginning of Muharram, that government officials receive a...
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