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Burglary of a British woman's belongings, 1939
Report of the burglary of a British woman's belongings on the road from Baghdad to Kirmanshah; the thirty-two tumans estimated damage has been given to Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim, the British embassy's attorney
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Letter from Elizabeth Stewart, 1923
The letter, written in two installments, details what the author has been doing as Dr. Coy fell ill and left to travel to America through Baghdad and Haifa, and Dr. Moody is also ill, so the upkeep work of the school has fallen to her. She gives an update on the school finances, as well. She also mentions a trunk the addressee sent her, and expresses gratitude for the effort in getting the trunk and its contents to her; as well as sending an illumined book of Baha’i scriptures back to the addressee, along with a letter to be delivered to a woman, Maggie, who the author worries will insult...
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Letters and other writings of Haji Sayyid Muhammad Isfahani
Booklet consists of several letters and writings of Haji Sayyid Muhammad [of Isfahan], in Istanbul and Edirne, originally copied by Mirza Mustafa Katib [the Scribe], bearing the completion date of January 1921. The present text was copied by F. Azali and was completed on April 5, 1987, with a copy of another 1852 text, completed on April 9, 1987. Among the addressees of Haji Sayyid Muhammad's letters are: his sister (not named), Qanitah (Subh-i Azal's wife), Aqa Nur al-Nur, Aqa Sayyid Hashim. Two are addressed to "my dear friend."
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Husayn al-Husayni to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Husayn al-Husayni reports to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about several events, including a contagious disease in Najaf, Karbala’, and Kazimayn and the battle happening in Mandalij and inquiries about it. The author also writes about the story of a woman who asks Ahmad Khan to help her get divorced from her ill Ottoman husband. Ahmad Khan had given her a place to stay but then he and his son raped her. After her complaint, Ahmad Khan and his son were expelled from Mandalij. Now an investigator has come to Mandalij for the case and asks the woman to show up in court again to answer some...
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