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Letter, 1914
Discusses peasants working hard on a rice farm, paying their wages, and being hopeful for a good crop; the writer mentions that he is not aware of a Najaf peasant's salary, and he asks the addressee to send him a copy of the salary contract.
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Telegram and letter from Mirza ʻAli to Haj Muhammad Husayn, 1922
Mirza ʻAli, known as Nazim al-Tujjar of Qumshah, sends a letter and a telegram to Haj Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant] Karzani from Isfahan, regarding the usurpation of the documents and belongings of the late Sayyid ʻAbd Allah and the complaint of his sister, Zahra Baygum, about her right of inheritance.
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
The writer expresses her happiness in receiving the addressee's letter, and discusses the many problems for Baha’i followers in Iran due to lack of freedom; her belief in the Baha’i faith since she was twelve years old, and the mental and physical pressure imposed on her by her family for ten years because of her belief; and mentions that several of her family members, including her husband, converted to the Baha'i faith when they heard her words.
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Letter from Sharaf Nisa’ (from Gilan) to Iran-i naw, 1909
About the education of girls in Gilan
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Regarding displacement of Targavir village people, 1907
A telegram from Imamquli in Urumiyah to Atabak A‘zam in Tehran regarding the pillage of Mavanah and Targavir villages by the Ottoman nomads, and the killing of eighteen men and sixty-six women and children. Around three thousand people, mostly Christians, from the neighboring villages, have fled to Urumiyah and are in need of food and clothing; the writer has been collecting aid from the elite and merchants of Urumiyah and is asking for the government's assistance, suggesting that any aid should be delivered via the Christian clergy who will distribute it among their people.
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Regarding Malakah Iran's salary, 1911 to 1912
Correspondence amongst the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Treasury General, the Fars Department of Finance, the Yazd Finance Administration, the Ministry of the Royal Court, the Cabinet, and Malakah Iran regarding the hold on a payment of four hundred and sixty-one tumans from Malakah Iran's salary due to a trial in absentia for her debt to Aqa Riza Quli Nazir (overseer); her subsequent complaint; the order to remove the hold and issue her payment; another complaint by her on not receiving her salary for three years; and the order to investigate this issue.
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