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Complaint letter asking for justice
A group of elders complain to the addressee about how their nomadic tribe is prevented from accessing their winter pastures by Timur Khan's actions. Also, they mention the unacceptable marriage of Zawq ‘Ali’s wife (daughter of Shahnah (sheriff) Ghulam) and Muhammad (son of Shahnah (sheriff) Haydar), and ask the addressee for justice.
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1892
Includes issues facing several villages such as in Qaysar Abad village, where Najm al-Saltanah has issue with Karbalayi Mahdiquli, as a tenant, on it crops; the great functionality of a qanat; and increasing prices in Tehran. The writer talks about his role in the transactions of Isfandiyari and ʻAli Abad properties and several houses, as well as Najm al-Saltanah's role; the interest for Munavvar al-Saltanah's property worth forty-five thousand tumans and her willingness to sell it; and Shukuh al-Saltanah being not well.
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1912
Discusses the inability of peasants from Yaftabad to pay two thousand and two hundred tumans for rent, ʻIzzat al-Saltanah's visit to Yaftabad and the meeting with the peasants to discuss the rent, and the peasants being able to afford paying only five hundred for the rent
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Telegram from peasants of Asadabad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1917
About their hardships caused by the water shortages. They ask the addressee to build a qanat for them.