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Copy of the telegram from Sahib Khanum to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1912
Sahib Khanum (from Tuysirkan) talks about her husband, Iʻzam al-Mamalik (from Tuysirkan), being forced to go to Hamadan and then Tehran because of the animosity of the princes from Tuysirkan, and their pillage and plunder, and their appointing Jaʻfar Quli Mirza as the Governor of Tuysirkan regardless of the consequences. She mentiones that her son, ʻAlikhan, along with seven more men, was murdered, and asks ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma for justice.
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Correspondence about the death of ‘Ali's wife
Mashhadi Husayn Farrash (from Harsin) writes to Umm al-Khaqan about his sister's son and husband who have been imprisoned by ‘Ala’ al-Dawlah because of a false accusation of murdering the daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali. The writer describes that Muhammad ‘Ali sent his daughter who was deathly ill to her husband ‘Ali's house, and after a while she passed away. Then, Muhammad ‘Ali accused his son-in-law (‘Ali) and his father for murdering his daughter. The author asks the addressee to mediate and requests ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma forgive his innocent sister's son and husband. There is...
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Ishaq Kalimi to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The writer asks the addressee to investigate the murder of his father and his appointee, and talks about the unfairness of this incident especially because he could not find their bodies.
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Letter from Fathʻali to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The writer pays the debt of his deceased wife, daughter of Aqa Sayyid Zaki, to her daughter, wife of Samad (son of Haji Hamd Allah), and she has transferred the ownership of a house worth forty tumans to him. After a while, Samad makes an official complaint to the Court of Justice claiming the house. The writer asks the addressee for justice.
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Letter from Khan Baba Na’ib Ajudan
The author writes about a quarrel he had with Khanlar Khan over property in Asadabad. The fight continues, even after the death of Khanlar Khan, with his inheritors, including Hasan Khan and Taji Khanum. The writer refers to rulings which were in his favor, but were never executed.
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Letter from Muhtaram to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The writer discusses the hardships she faced after the death of her father, the late Haji ʻAliriza Khan, and elaborates on how Amir Afshar and people from Garus have destroyed the villages she owns based on the sale settlement between her and her father. She mentions that she and her mother have been treated with extreme cruelty. She asks the addressee for justice after reviewing the settlement.
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Letter from Najm al-Saltanah to Nusrat al-Dawlah [?]
Expressing her sadness for the death of Nasir al-Saltanah, son of Surur al-Saltanah, and her great concern about the condition of her sister (Surur al-Saltanah) and how she is coping with the death of her son. She asks the addressee to take care of Surur al-Saltanah during this difficult time.
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Letter from Shahrukh to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Talks about ‘Ali Bayg, son of Salim, who murdered the daughter of Umid ‘Ali Hasan; Umid ‘Ali Hasan, with the help of people from the Kakavand clan, has stolen five hundred ewes and goats and two donkeys as blood money and he and ‘Ali Bayg have been imprisoned. The writer asks Husayn Khan, who has promised to secure the blood money, to go to Harsin to end the quarreling, but he refuses to do so. ‘Ali Bayg's mother, also, has hidden all their belongings to avoid paying the blood money; the author asks the addressee to order Husayn Khan and ‘Ali Bayg's mother to go to Harsin to pay the blood...
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Letter from Talʻat al-Dawlah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Talʻat al-Dawlah, daughter of Nadim al-Saltanah and wife of Haji ʻAliriza Khan, talks about the hardships she faced after her husband's death. She describes how agents looted her house and seized fifty thousand tumans worth of property that Haji ʻAliriza Khan had transferred to their daughter, Muhtaram, before passing away. Also, her husband's nephew sent a telegram to Tehran claiming his share of these belongings. The writer notes the cruelty her and her daughter experienced, and asks the addressee for help and justice.
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Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author talks about Haydar ‘Ali Khan Sartip (brigadier)'s aggression against their village and the murder of a person by shooting at a wedding ceremony