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Sale settlement, 1878
On March 17, 1878 Abu al-Hasan Khan, the colonel, with power of attorney from his wife, Fatimah Sultan Khanum (daughter of ‘Abbasquli Khan Mirpanj), has sold the whole Alvandi village from Ujan district to Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn Munshi in exchange for one thousand and five hundred tumans. In the second document, dated April 20, 1878, Amirzadah Khanum, Abu al-Hasan Khan's wife, has confirmed this settlement.
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‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892
Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father's death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own...