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Receipt related to Nuzhat al-Dawlah's will, 1927
Mr. Tababayi has received thirty tumans through Sayyid Husayn Aqa and Mirza ‘Ali Aqa from one-third of the late Nuzhat al-Dawlah's belongings.
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List of ‘Ali Akbar 's assets
List of the late ‘Ali Akbar's belongings drafted by Haji ‘Ali the retailer, including his shop's goods, what he is owed, his debts, and what is related to Khums [one-fifth], compensations, and his wife's mahr.
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Payment instruction and affidavit, 1918 and 1929
Two sets of writing on a sheet of paper: Nuzhat al-Dawlah's request that Haji ‘Ali Aqa Kumpani pay seventy tumans to Aqa Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, dated May 1, 1918. The second is an inquiry regarding the late Nuzhat al-Dawlah's will written on April 13, 1924, which included the villages of Sis and Malikzadah and has passed the ownership of some properties to the writer and three other people. When the will was written, the writer resided in Najaf. S/he returned three years later (one year after Nuzhat al-Dawlah's death). Now, five years after the will, s/he is asking for testimony of those who...
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Affidavit and confirmation letter regarding Nuzhat al-Dawlah's will, 1931
Inquiry from people who learned from Muhammad Husayn Khan Sardar ‘Ashayir [Nuzhat al-Dawlah's second husband] that Nuzhat al-Dawlah had included the villages of Sis and Malikzadah in her will and their testimony in two documents dated June 8, 1931 and June 18, 1931; a document, dated June 16, 1931, confirming Nuzhat al-Dawlah's will regarding the villages of Sis and Malikzadah.
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Question from Mirza Sadiq
Istifta’ [request for the opinion of a Muslim cleric] from Mirza Sadiq about two subjects. The first asks if a will is valid if a testator wills that his children spend the revenue from his property on his behalf but the inheritors are all female, or if all the children die and the only inheritor is the wife, or if that the inheritors could not execute the will. The second question is about disinheriting one's child.
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Division of Iskandar Khan's belongings, 1915
Two copies of a document dividing the listed properties owned by the late Haj Iskandar Khan the Colonel among his inheritors: Hajiyah Baygum Khanum (Iskandar Khan's wife), Habib Allah Khan Sultan (Iskandar Khan's brother), and Haj Mir Aqa on behalf of his wife [Taj Amal Khanum] (Iskandar Khan's sister). The undivided belongings should be sold to pay Iskandar Khan's debts and the remaining should be divided among the mentioned inheritors. Hajiyah Baygum Khanum keeps the will. On the margin, it is noted that grain crops should also be divided among inheritors.
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Settlement of ‘Aliyah Khanum and Sakinah Khanum, 1932
Haji Isma‘il ‘Arab had assigned one thousand five hundred tumans for each of his daughters, ‘Aliyah Khanum and Sakinah Khanum, and appointed Haji Muhammad Husayn as the executor of his will and guardian of his daughters. According to this settlement between Mir’at al-Saltanah, on behalf of ‘Aliyah Khanum and Sakinah Khanum, and Ra’is al-Vikalah and Mirza Salman from Haris, on behalf of Haji Muhammad Husayn, the two sisters should be paid an amount of two thousand five hundred tumans from the assets owned by Ahmad Aqa and ‘Ali Aqa, the sons of Haji Isma‘il.
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Sulayman's complaint regarding his wife's share of inheritance, 1919
Sulayman (the son of Haji Baba Muhammad'uf), the merchant of Russian nationality and resident of Istanbul, writes to the Russian consulate in Tabriz regarding the breach of his late wife (Sughra Khanum)'s right of inheritance. The inheritance of Najaf Muhammad'uf (Sughra Khanum's father) was divided among his other children, Muhsin, Mahmud, and Sariyah Khanum, as well as Haji Javad, Sariyah Khanum's husband and the executor of her will. Sulayman states that Sughra Khanum, the eldest child of Najaf Muhammad'uf, died in Istanbul, leaving him as her lawful inheritor. He has emphasized that...
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Mashhadi Habib's will, 1921
Mashhadi Habib, the son of the late Husayn ‘Amu, appoints his younger brother, Ni‘mat, as the executor of his will and Karbalayi ‘Askar, the son of ‘Ali Pasha, as the overseer while he [Mashhadi Habib] travels to Karbalaʼ. They are responsible for giving ten mans [unit of area] of his share of a garden to his wife, Munavvar, as her mahr. A third of his belongings should be in Ni‘mat's hands for use on khums, the payment of his debts, ta‘ziyah, and charity.
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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