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Affidavit
Affidavit from merchants and farmers of Shiraz, requested by Muhammad Karim from Padank to confirm that his house was robbed during ‘Ali Khani chaos, and he spent his remaining money on repairing the building in Padank village with the promise from Mashhadi ‘Ali to pay him back, but Mashhadi ‘Ali passed away and now Muhammad Karim and his family suffer from poverty
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Correspondence regarding the inheritance of Muhammad Mirza, 1901-1904
1- Muhammad Mirza, son of Mirza Aqa Baba from Yerevan, transfers all his belongings to Ahmad Aqa from Kirmanshah for ten years, with the provision that if Muhammad Mirza dies during this time, as the executor of his will, Haji Ahmad Aqa pays fifty tumans to Ma‘shumah Khanum and ten tumans to Gulabatun (Muhammad Mirza's wives); 2- Regarding Muhammad Mirza's death during the Hajj and a description of his belongings, which are partly kept with his wife and in his shop, as well as some cash that he gave to Haji Ja‘far during his trip; 3- A letter from the Government of Kurdistan to the Ministry...
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Death of Hajiyah Shahzadah Khanum and the confiscation of her belongings, 1904
Hajiyah Khanum and her husband Haji Fazʻali Khan, acquaintances of Farmanfarma, died in Karbalaʼ, after which the Ottoman Empire confiscated their belongings because they had no heirs.
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Determining Fatimah's share, 1900
Letter about the division of Riza Quli Chahardawli's inheritance which includes: Qarah Chal village, part of Mihmandar village, and the garden, the mill, the household furnishings, animals, cash assets, and other goods. Riza Quli's brother, ‘Ali Khan the colonel, inherits these properties and after his death, his inheritors are Muhammad ‘Ali Khan the colonel, Yazdan Virdi Khan, Fatimah, Mah Jabin, and Riza Quli's wife, Sakinah. Muhammad ‘Ali Khan has claimed that his sister, Fatimah, was murdered and that he has settled her belongings by himself. The writer suggests to the addressee to take...
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Fatimah's petition
Petition by Fatimah, grandchild of the late Karbalayi ‘Ivaz ‘Ali from Kuh Kamarah to the Friday prayer-leader of Fars against Mirza Muhammad and Mirza Murtaza Bazzaz (cotton dealer) who have usurped the late ‘Ivaz ‘Ali's house which belonged to his inheritors
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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.
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Letter
Includes the author's resignation from the Kirmanshahan Government, and relocating Sakineh Khanum to a mansion belonging to Haji ʻAbd-al Rahim, known as Shahbandar Khaneh, and the daughters of the Friday prayer-leader in another mansion. The letter is incomplete.
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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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Petition of I‘tibar al-Dawlah's wife regarding her poverty, 1904
Petition of the wife of I‘tibar al-Dawlah to Shaykh [illegible] regarding her and her deceased husband's poverty, asking him to review the testimony of the people who have confirmed this and add his own comment. Shaykh has written a note confirming I‘tibar al-Dawlah’s poverty.
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Petition regarding Rubabah's and Zulaykha's inheritance
Sadiq ibn Muhammad writes to Hujjat al-Islam Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali Aqa: after the death of Mashhadi ‘Isa, the brother of Haj Sadiq and Haj Musa, he was survived by his two underage daughters, Rubabah and Zulaykha, and left no will. His brothers took ownership of his inheritance and wrote two documents regarding the daughters' shares, which was left to the writer for safekeeping. After Rubabah's death, since she had no children, her inheritors are her sister, Zulaykha, and her husband. The writer wanted to divide her properties among the inheritors, but Haj Musa and Haj Hamid Allah, the...
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