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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 the murdered Khvurshid Khanum
Documents include the following: the Majlis writes to the Ministry of the Interior about a letter from Khvurshid Khanum, the servant of ʻAziz Allah Khan Garusi and explains that the letter was sent deliberately with the purpose of referring the issue to the Ministry of Interior for more investigation; a letter to the Majlis with about Khvurshid Khanum's murder, which was written from Khvurshid Khanum's point of view; the Majlis asks the Ministry of the Interior to deal with the case; the Ministry of the Interior confirms to the Majlis that it has received the letter written from the point...
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Anji Baygum's petition, 1911
Anji Baygum complains to Majlis about the new governor of Garus, ʻAliriza Khan, who has beaten her son-in-law (who is a descendant of the Prophet) and injured her as well. Anji Baygum sends her scarf and part of her hair that was pulled out by the governor of Garus to the Majlis as evidence and to object to his selection as governor.
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Anvar al-Saltanah's inheritance, 1915
The Majlis asks the Ministry of Interior to review the complaint by Salar Nusrat against the Government of Kurdistan for allowing Mushir al-Tujjar to seize Anvar al-Saltanah's inherited lands
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Complaint against Fath al-Dawlah, 1920
Two brothers, Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli and ʻAli Akbar, complain to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, against Fath al-Dawlah, who left his wife, the sister of these two brothers, and his child 15 months ago. In this period, his child died and these two brothers, who have their own families to feed, must now provide for their sister too; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to this Ministry that Fath al-Dawlah, who works for the British and had been in Hamadan for business, had married, but left his wife after the business was completed. These brothers...
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Complaint against Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman camp, 1915
Includes a petition to the Majlis regarding the harassment by Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman army in Karand, ruining and pillaging villages, the arrest and execution of the people of the Kalhur, Sanjabi, and Guran clans, and the capture of fifty women from the families residing in the vicinity of the Karand caravansary and accusing them of theft. Also includes a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ra’uf Bayg and Ottomans harassing people who live near the borders and the attack by Isma‘il Haqi Bayg on the Sanjabi clan, ruining and setting fire to the village of Hajim...
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Complaint by people of Saqqiz, 1915
Includes two petitions by the people of Saqqiz to the Majlis regarding the troubles caused by the new government, for instance housing the government riders in the peasants' houses and taking their household furnishings and never returning them, the evacuation of a residential place where about forty people, including women and children, lived, and sending agents to the peasant houses when the men are at work and the women are alone at home; along with a letter of inquiry from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior regarding these claims.
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Complaint by ‘Ali Ashraf and Ya‘qub's wife, 1930
A petition by ‘Ali Ashraf and the wife of Ya‘qub from Shukuh Abad, on the actions of Karimi, the steward in Shukuh Abad, claiming that he has colluded with the village chief to plunder the authors' properties and expel them from the village; and a letter from the Majlis to ‘Ali Ashraf and Ya‘qub's wife notifying them of sending their petition to the corresponding court
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Conflict at Sitarah's house, 1922
A Jewish woman named Sitarah who kept wine in her house calls for help from her coreligionists when the agent of the office of Finance in Garus confiscates her wine. This causes a conflict between Nur Allah Ibrahim Zadah, the head of the Aliyans school in Garus, and Bahram, the agent of the office of Finance.
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Copy of a complaint about Gulabatun's theft, 1903
The head of the Ottoman customhouse complains about a theft by Gulabatun, a citizen of the Ottoman Empire and servant of Aqa Yahya. He claims that Gulabatun gave the stolen goods to a soldier named ʻAbd al-Hamid.
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