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Muhammad Hasan to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from Muhammad Hasan to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, rejecting Haydar Khan Sartip (brigadier)'s claim about paying all the expenses of Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah's visit to Afshar village. The author mentions that Haydar Khan Sartip forcibly collected all the expenses of the party from the peasants.
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Jewish woman's conversion to Islam, 1901
Includes three telegrams by Muhsin from Savujbulagh regarding a Jewish woman who fled and converted to Islam with the help of a Kurdish Muslim; her husband declared his conversion by shaving his head and beard in order to take his wife back; later, he denied the conversion and announced that he was coerced to convert. Some of the ‘ulama accused him of blasphemy and ordered his killing. Thus, people have gathered to witness the execution and are causing turmoil. The writer has arrested the man to protect him from execution and asks for guidance on how to settle the matter.