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Letter to Salar Lashkar, 1903
A number of Ottoman residents complain about being pillaged by Iranians. In the margin, Salar Lashkar requests an investigation and compensation for the Ottomans.
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author includes a report of their situation after their loot had been plundered, they failed to get any compensation, and were forced into exile. They ask 'Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma for help and advice.
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Petition of Haji Muhammad Taqi
Haji Muhammad Taqi (merchant from Dawlatabad) complains to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about a property that he shares with Latif Khan. But, Latif Khan and his sons tyrannize him. He asks ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma for justice.
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Requesting help from ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author asks for ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma’s intervention in support of eight Kalhor families who are holding a sit-in at Hamadan’s Imamzadah. They are protesting Ghulam Husayn Khan Ishik Aqasi’s attempt for their forced migration despite the promises made to them during Amir Nizam’s period.
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Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1890
Haji Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ (from Tabriz)'s petition discusses the pension of Mulla Yahya and ʻAbd Allah Bayg, the hardships the author went through during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and the delay in paying one-third of Mulla Yahya's belongings to his inheritors. This delay was caused by the heir of Haji Muhammad Baqir who is the Kadkhuda (village chief) of a village, which is owned by Surur al-Saltanah. His appointees sabotaged the payment despite the efforts of Mustashar al-Sultan. At the end, the author refers to the necessity of paying the one-third and asks the addressee to...
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The Russian Consulate to Muʻazid al-Mulk, 1914
About the Russian Consulate's claim in Kirmanshah regarding damages to Russian citizens and a request for investigation and remuneration as soon as possible, as well as a list of damages
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Zahra Khanum ʻArab to the head of the Ottoman Customs House, 1912
The author complains about the unauthorized presence of some Bakhtiyari men in her two houses and asks Shahbandar (the head of the Ottoman Customs House) to force an evacuation of the two houses
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