Petition of Muhammad Riza Banna’ [the mason] to the prayer leader of Fars regarding his father-in-law's debt to him and the fact that not only has he taken his wife to his home for twenty days, but also he has complained about him to Salar al-Sultan Biglarbaygi. The writer asks the addressee to write a note confirming his presence with the addressee every day.
Petition addressed to Nazim al-Sultan on behalf of Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim Kaliskah-chi [carriage driver], who has been sentenced to pay six hundred tumans to his wife, Hajiyah Ruqiyah Sultan; however, the writer is witness to Hajiyah Ruqiyah Sultan’s deposition that she has not given any money to her husband and has settled all her entitlements. The writer also emphasizes Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim's financial hardship.
Petition of Maryam Sultan, wife of Mirza Muhammad Riza, to Hujjat al-Islam, the Friday prayer-leader. In it, she states that Mirza Muhammad Riza has triple-divorced her and gone to Fasa for seven months while owing her a two-hundred tuman debt and her mahr.
Dispute between ‘Ali Akbar Jur’at and Mahmud with the inheritors of Habib Allah Farangis about the amount owed by the late Habib Allah for a house partly owned by Iran Khanum.
Haj Ghulam Husayn writes a petition to Haj Shaykh Yahya, the Friday prayer-leader of Fars, regarding what Mirza Lutf Allah owes him and his daughter, including: one thousand tumans as a dowry, eight hundred tumans as his daughter's alimony and clothing expenses, and one hundred tumans as his daughter's mahr, which remains Mirza Lutf Allah's debt.
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