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Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrin, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to Haydarlu village, includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his...
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About Sitarah Khanum's property, 1907
Qasim, the son of Sitarah Khanum (daughter of Haji ʻAli, son of Qahriman) claims that Aqa Baqir Amin al-Ruʻaya, the merchant, has seized Sitarah Khanum's property. The office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Salmas rejected his claim. The document dates October 8, 1907. The other document is records the sale of Sitarah Khanum's property to Aqa Baqir Amin al-Ruʻaya the merchant, which includes witnesses' signatures and detailed information on the seller, the buyer, the area of the property, and its price.
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Complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, 1910
Correspondence regarding a complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, a Russian national, for plundering peasants from the Kutkuti clan, which resulted in the killing of a woman and the injuring of a girl
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Fatimah Jadid al-Islam and her female companion's petitions
A petition from Fatimah Jadid al-Islam Bukani, a former [Christian] Armenian who had recently converted to Islam, in which she discusses the promise given to her and her female companion to receive compensation after her conversion. She also mentions that she was assured that she would be relocated from the Armenian village of Armani Bulaghi to Sayf al-Din Khan's village, so that she could be safe from people's bitter words after her conversion and that she was promised funds for her living expenses. She notes that none of these promises were fulfilled. The other document is the petition of...
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Hurmat al-Muluk's complaint against a Russian citizen, 1907
Hurmat al-Muluk, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Hidayat, the Shaykh al-Islam of Savujbulagh, and the wife of Shujaʻ al-Mulk Mukri, has complained to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Azarbayjan about a Russian citizen [Taqi Uf]'s attack on the village of Talkh Ab and terrorization of the populations of Talkh Ab and other villages in the vicinity. The office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that they have talked to the Russian consulate. At the bottom of the same document, the Foreign Minister of the time, ʻAlaʼ al-Saltanah, included a note to Hurmat al-Muluk regarding...
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Regarding complaints by the Christians of Azarbayjan, 1910
Correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, their office in Urumiyah, a representative of the Christian population in Azarbayjan, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the complaints by the Christians against the nomadic Kurds who plunder their villages and abduct Christian girls, as well as the complaint by the French and American embassies in support of the Christians.
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Regarding the arrest of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah's sons, 1881
Includes a telegram by I‘timad al-Saltanah from Urumiyah to Amir Nizam, noting that a guard has been assigned to the residence of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah Nihri's wife in order to find their hiding sons, Qadir and Sadiq; and a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commanding negotiation with the Ottomans in order to punish the Shakkak clan and arrest Shaykh Qadir and Sadiq Aqa as their hiding place in the Ottoman territories has been identified. The writer speculates that Hamzah Aqa should be in the territories along with his family and clan, and considering that there are around one...
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Regarding ‘Alikhan's daughter-in-law
Correspondence regarding the turmoil in Azarbayjan, including the attack on the Chihriq citadel in which ‘Ali Khan was able to flee along with his wife and children while his daughter-in-law, Muhammad Aqa's wife, was captured by Nasir al-Dawlah, the commander of the national army; the attempt to free her and leaving her with Shaykh al-Islam; ‘Ali Khan's stay in Ottoman lands; and a narration of the story of the cossacks who captured women, and beheaded and cut their hair to present them as men and then receive a reward
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Riza Khan's wife's fraudulent document, 1909 to 1910
Correspondence between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its centers in Savujbulagh and Tabriz regarding the murder of Riza Khan, father of Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Sharaf, and the fraudulent letter of transference produced by his wife. Riza Khan’s belongings, including household furnishings and jewelry, is now under the ownership of his wife and Sardar Mukri. An agent has been sent to Muhammad Husayn Khan Sardar Mukri by the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Savujbulagh, but the writer asks for a special agent from the Ministry.
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