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Letter
About Na’ib Muhammad Khan leaving for Kalat with his family and how the writer had to rent a room in a house; complains about having no servants, caregivers, rugs, or household furnishings; s/he has asked Akram Khanum for help; and then mentions Husayn Khan and wonders whether he is at his uncle's house or at his new friend from Tehran's.
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Letter about endowment
The writer, who is the custodian of the endowments of the late Haj Mirza Musa Khan ‘Amu [uncle] and the late Hajiyah ‘Ammah [aunt], is concerned about the actions and interventions by the overseer and renting the endowments to non-Muslims.
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar; discusses receiving a twenty-five tuman promissory note via the merchant of Dilmaqan and delivering it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah, the delay in the payment of their salaries and other work-related issues, the cold weather, leveling of the roads, the new street, demolition of Nawbar bazaar; notes that the repairs have not yet reached their neighborhood and that the writer has not received any news from the villages because of the cold weather and closed roads; reports that Muhammad Khan and Haji ‘Abd Allah Khan have come on foot and that Sawlat...
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to his sister-in-law
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; addressed to his sister-in-law; about sending ‘Amid Lashkar's allowance, the revenue from the grains from Khalifah Kandi village and Khan's estate, which belongs to all the inheritors, via Muhammad Khan; Karim Khan and his sister's shares; suggests that they send ‘Amid Lashkar to visit Satvat al-Saltanah on Fridays with their requests; discusses receiving wheat, rent, and payments.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar
Addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, with Muntasir Lashkar's seal and signature; about promissory notes in Chahar Uymaq, being short of money, disappointment about ‘Amid Lashkar's going to Tabriz despite the writer's advice, his illness over the past twenty days, coming to Ahmad Abad to meet Sawlat al-Saltanah, not having anywhere to stay, selling the wheat and spending the money after paying costs; complains about the high costs and cheapness of wheat; reports the arrival of Amin al-Shar‘ to the city, receiving papers, fabrics, and the booklet in Ahmad Abad, other issues with the wheat from Zaviyah...
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Letter to Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant of Khuy, 1923
To Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant from Khuy; regarding some financial matters and other news, including the death of Mashhadi Muhammad Sattar the cigarette seller, whose wife is the executor of his will. The writer tells the addressee that they should wait before demanding what the deceased owed Haji Ahmad because he had underage children. He also mentions that Sarkar's family is in need of more allowance.
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar. In the letter, the writer expresses his happiness about the addressee's visit during the days of fasting; reassures him about watering the courtyard plants; asks for a new female servant, since Fatimah has not come; emphasizes their need for barley, since the convoy from Zaviyah village has not delivered it; reports that Mr. Muntasiri has delivered one tuman to them; also reassures him about their allowance; requests some cheese, as the price is increasing. Another letter on a separate sheet refers to the addressee's return to the city, and urges him not...
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Letter, 1901
The letter mentions arrival on Monday, taking care of the goats and horses, delivering hay for peasants of Varaghah and barley as rent, Vusuq Lashkar delivering a document to Amin al-Dawlah, delivering grains to Tabriz, getting sugar cones, wishing recovery for the addressee, well-being of the beloved Sar Rishtah Dar [pay master] and requesting clothing and a shawl for his mother, ‘Ismat Khanum's request for a clothing, a wrapping cloth, and a bracelet, and greetings from Baygum Baji and others
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Letter, 1914
The writer expresses happiness in receiving the addressee's letter and their well-being, talks about work-related issues, Sadiqah Khanum's complaint, an objection to his time off request, sending clothing, money or promissory notes, and money to his house for Rubabah Khanum, mentions sending five photographs, asks for ink, payment of his debts, and inquires about the addressee's stipend and repairs of the house
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Letter, 1924
About: sending three pairs of socks and a handkerchief via ‘Abd al-‘Ali Bayg and a rug in the near future; obtaining butter from Mr. Sawlat for making ghee; attaching the two letters received from the village; warning Aqa Sultan about the injustice of his attendant, Hazrat Quli, toward the new peasants of Aqdagh village; the rent from the village of Zaviyah; sending wheat and flour to the addressee's household, since obtaining bread from the bazaar is not beneficial for the ‘Amidiyah family; Buyuk Khanum's attending the Namus school; purchasing sour grapes for the household; and Sarkar...