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Petition from Mirza Muhammad Khan's wife
The wife and inheritor of Mirza Muhammad Khan requests the sale document for the garden she inherited from her husband
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Petition from Mahrukh's inheritor
Petition from Haji Hasan, Mahrukh's inheritor, about land and water rights in Khalil Abad that were in the hands of Muhammad Hasan and Habib Allah. According to the writer, the property belongs to Mahrukh, sister of Habib Allah. Without providing any documents, the current owner claims that he had purchased this property from Muhammad Hasan's late father. The writer asks the addressee to ban construction on this property until the ownership issue is resolved.
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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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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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Petition about inheritance dispute, 1904
Petition from the late Sayyid Javad's son-in-law regarding the writer's property that was in the hands of Muhammad Ibrahim, son of Mulla ‘Abd al-Husayn. Muhammad Ibrahim was son of Sayyid Javad's sister and has claimed this property as his mother's share of the inheritance. According to the writer, Sayyid Javad's sons had settled with the late Mulla ‘Abd al-Husayn and received one hundred tumans as their share. However, the writer had refused to settle at this price. In addition, the writer claims the ownership of a property that Sayyid Javad had bestowed upon his daughter (the writer's...
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Petition to execute a will, 1906
Petition of Haji Nasr Allah, resident of Bazar-i Murgh neighborhood, and Aqa Mulla Ghulam Riza, resident of Sarbagh neighborhood, written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, resident of Lab-i Ab neighborhood, requesting the rent of one-third of ‘Ali Abad Zahirak village to be spent as the late Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan Tajir [the merchant] had asked, based on her father's will.
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Letter from Sawlat al-Saltanah to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, with Sawlat al-Saltanah's seal; on the right page, Haji Mirza ‘Ali Aqa has requested that Sawlat al-Saltanah keep the allowance of the inheritors of Ghaffar Sultan, who are underage, mute, and helpless; Sawlat al-Saltanah is sending this letter to ‘Amid Lashkar with his own note on the left page asking him to take care of the issue.
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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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Dispute between Muntakhab al-Dawlah's children and Misbah al-Dawlah and his Aunt, 1899
Regarding the dispute between Muntakhab al-Dawlah's children and Misbah al-Dawlah over their father's inheritance. Misbah al-Dawlah's claim is based on a document regarding Muntakhab al-Dawlah's debt. The writer, on behalf of Muntakhab al-Dawlah's children, refutes this document and claims the deceased had loaned some items to Misbah al-Dawlah in exchange for the money he borrowed. On the other side, Muntakhab al-Dawlah's children demand their father's salaries which Misbah al-Dawlah's paternal aunt had received for about twenty years. Instead, she claims her own share.
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Petition to collect husband's rights
Copy of the petition written by the wife of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band [silk dealer] from Shiraz to the governor of Fars asking him to retrieve her entitlement from a sale agreement between her husband and Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Muhammad Hasan Khan Sartip [brigadier], son of the late Fath‘ali Khan from Nayriz, over one-sixth of Hasanabad farm of Nayriz