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Fatimah Khanum's complaint against the head of the Ottoman customhouse, 1904 or 1905
Fatimah Khanum, ʻAbd al-Rahim's inheritor, complains to the Ottoman Embassy that Karim Bayg, the head of Ottoman customhouse, with the help of Imam Jumʻah (the Friday prayer) and Ismaʻil, has unjustly sold part of her deceased husband's property to Muhammad ʻAli Muʻin al-Tujjar for less than its actual value. Fatimah Khanum claims that Muhammad ʻAli's loan to ʻAbd al-Rahim is a fraud and that despite her complaint against Karim Bayg she has received no response to her call for justice. In the other document, Karim Bayg Bash defends himself against Fatimah Khanum's complaint.
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Tuba Khanum's receipt to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1905
Receipt of Tuba Khanum, daughter of Mirza ʻAli
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Letter from Fathʻali to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The writer pays the debt of his deceased wife, daughter of Aqa Sayyid Zaki, to her daughter, wife of Samad (son of Haji Hamd Allah), and she has transferred the ownership of a house worth forty tumans to him. After a while, Samad makes an official complaint to the Court of Justice claiming the house. The writer asks the addressee for justice.
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Letter from Fathʻali to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Discusses transferring property ownership of Zivar Taj (daughter of Fathʻali's wife) to her brother; the marriage of Zivar Taj with Fathʻali's nephew; and describes how Sayyid Qasim, known as Naqib al-Tujjar, deceived Zivar Taj and persuaded her to file a claim about the Nigaristan property. The writer asks the addressee for help.
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Petition of Sulayman Khan's daughter and grandchild to Muzaffar al-Din Shah
The daughter and grandchild of Sulayman Khan Sahib Ikhtiyar complain to Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar about the assault on and plunder of their properties in Hamadan by Shujaʻ al-Mamalik and ʻAbbas Khan.
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Deposition of Husayn Muʻin al-Raʻaya, 1906
‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma gave permission with conditions to Husayn Muʻin al-Raʻaya about managing the properties of the late Vakil al-Dawlah, which are owned by Umm al-Khaqan. The deposition mentions this permission can be revoked anytime by Farmanfarma. In addition, Husayn Muʻin al-Raʻaya cannot transfer the ownership of these properties to any foreigners.
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Umm al-Khaqan's debts
After the death of Umm al-Khaqan (wife of Muzaffar al-Din Shah), Farmanfarma's mother-in-law, Malakah Jahan (wife of Muhammad Ali Shah) asks him to pay Umm al-Khaqan's debts to her. According to the documents that Malakah Jahan holds, Umm al-Khaqan once borrowed 4000 tumans from Malakah Jahan and borrowed 800 tumans from her on another occasion. Another document (dated November 2, 1908) is a request from Iftikhar al-Tujjar to give 4000 tumans to Umm al-Khaqan's agents. The third document (dated November 14 and 16, 1908) is a receipt recording the payment of 800 tumans to Umm al-Khaqan's...
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Settlement of Farmanfarma's property to his children from Batul Khanum Ahshami
Settlement regarding the use of water from the qanat at Imamzadah Salih.