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Amin al-Sultan to ʻAzud al-Mulk
Letter from Amin al-Sultan to ʻAzud al-Mulk about Mirza Muhammad Khan's appeal to Ihtisham al-Mulk and requesting the investigation of his case. Mirza Muhammad Khan is the son of Muzaffar al-Mulk. He complains about the confiscation of his properties and his pack animals by an employee of the Justice Department. Amin al-Sultan is asking ʻAzud al-Mulk to order that this confiscation be stopped, and Mirza Muhammad Khan's properties to be returned to him. He also asks ʻAzud al-Mulk to investigate the matter upon his return. The letter has Amin al-Sultan's seal and the accompanying envelope is...
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Correspondence related to Muzaffar al-Din Shah's heirs
Petition on the letterhead of the Majlis signed by some of Muzaffar al-Din Shah's inheritors: Aqdas al-Dawlah, Qamar al-Saltanah, ‘Izzat al-Dawlah, Fakhr al-Dawlah, Shukuh al-Dawlah, Aqdas al-Saltanah, Anvar al-Dawlah, A‘zam al-Dawlah, and Nur al-Saltanah. They complain about the confiscation of some property by the government. According to the signatories, these properties were partly the personal belongings of Muzaffar al-Din Shah that he had purchased when he was the Crown Prince in Azerbaijan and partly the properties he inherited from his mother, Shukuh al-Dawlah, and her maternal...
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Daughter of Nasir al-Din Shah to Nasir al-Mulk
One of Nasir al-Din Shah's daughters writes to Nasir al-Mulk and complains about the cutting off of her pension upon ‘Ayn al-Dawlah's order and asks Nasir al-Mulk to investigate the matter.
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Letter of ultimatum
The writer explains how at first s/he had requested Nasir al-Mulk's help in solving this problem. After not getting an answer, in the absence of Ziya’ al-Mulk, the writer is giving an ultimatum to the recipient warning that s/he will go to the Premier's house, talk to Mahd ‘Ulya, hold a sit-in, or stop the Premier's carriage in order to get an answer. If none of these worked, s/he will personally go to the Shah's garden and bring her/his appeal to the Shah or the crown prince.
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Letter regarding the petition of Nasir al-Din Shah's wives and daughters
The writer is sending an envelope containing the petition of wives and daughters of the late Nasir al-Din Shah and explains the hardships they are going through and that if the current condition continues they will have to take their appeals to one of the foreign embassies. The author asks the king [Muzaffar al-Din Shah?] for immediate action and a response. The second document is a draft of the same letter in which some parts of it has been rewritten several times.
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Peasants to Anis al-Dawlah, 1894
A telegram from the peasants of Shaykh Garden in Savah (which was part of the crown lands of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim) to Anis al-Dawlah. They talk about their debt to the Court and state that after the garden was purchased by Zahir al-Saltanah, the peasants have been suffering from the injustice. The new owner has acquired 70 tumans more than their actual debt, which is beyond their financial means. In this letter, the peasants ask Anis al-Dawlah to act on their behalf before Nasir al-Din Shah. They request justice and for the extra money to be returned to them.
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Petition by Amir Nusrat's family, 1923
Copy of a petition by Amir Nusrat's relatives, requesting the freedom of Ghulamhusayn Khan and Shukr Allah Khan; Mirza Ibrahim Khan, the representative of Qazvin, has delivered this petition to the Majlis
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Petition by Ihtisham al-Dawlah's wife
Majd al-Dawlah's daughter (wife of Ihtisham al-Dawlah) writes to Nayib al-Saltanah, explaining how neither her father nor her husband could support her financially. She asks for a new job for her husband or a stipend for herself, so she could support her children and servants.
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Petition by families of Amir Nusrat and Fars Humayun, 1923
Copy of a petition by the relatives of Amir Nusrat and Fars Humayun addressed to the Majlis, regarding their request from the Ministry of War for the return of their properties as well as grains, which had been seized, as well as the release of Shukr Allah Khan
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Petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, 1922 or 1923
Copy of a petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, wife of the late Mulk Ara’, requesting her mahr and her daughter's property
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