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Regarding the arrest of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah's sons, 1881
Includes a telegram by I‘timad al-Saltanah from Urumiyah to Amir Nizam, noting that a guard has been assigned to the residence of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah Nihri's wife in order to find their hiding sons, Qadir and Sadiq; and a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commanding negotiation with the Ottomans in order to punish the Shakkak clan and arrest Shaykh Qadir and Sadiq Aqa as their hiding place in the Ottoman territories has been identified. The writer speculates that Hamzah Aqa should be in the territories along with his family and clan, and considering that there are around one...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...