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Inquiry about Iqbal al-Saltanah's bride, 1910
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests that the consulate in Tbilisi research the family to whom Iqbal al-Saltanah is related by marriage. The consulate responds that the bride is the second daughter of Panah Khan from Yerevan.
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Documents about the punishment of the marriage cleric of Muhammad Bayg's wife
Documents include a report explaining that Gurgin Khan Shujaʻ Lashgar kidnapped Muhammad Bayg Dashti's wife when Muhammad Bayg was still alive and married her. After the arrival of Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir to Margavar village, he summons the cleric who officiated this marriage ceremony and orders that his hands be cut off; a report from Urumiyah about the punishment of this cleric and about the feud between Muhammad Bayg's brothers and Gurgin Khan's brothers; and a request to confirm the truth of the punishment, which asks that it be sent to Tehran in code in order to inform the embassy of...
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Salar Nizam's petition, 1911
Fathʻali Salar Nizam writes to the Majlis to lodge a complaint against Sayyid Qasim, who took the bride of Salar Nizam's nephew and her dowry to his home. The bride is the daughter of Salar Nizam's wife from her ex-husband. The young couple have been married for six months, but are being kept away from each other. Sayyid Qasim's wife is the bride's maternal aunt, and according to Salar Nizam, Sayyid Qasim has deceived the bride in order to claim her share of the inheritance that was transferred to her brother when she was still underage. Salar Nizam says that the girl was not underage and...
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Petition of a Jewish man, 1911
Petition of a Jewish man who writes to the Majlis that he was supposed to marry a Jewish girl and had given her father, Sulayman, 200 tumans. However, Sulayman and his family converted to Islam, as a result of which the marriage was cancelled. Sulayman has now declared that the wrtier must convert to Islam (which he is unwilling to do) before he will return the man's money.
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Complaint against Fath al-Dawlah, 1920
Two brothers, Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli and ʻAli Akbar, complain to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, against Fath al-Dawlah, who left his wife, the sister of these two brothers, and his child 15 months ago. In this period, his child died and these two brothers, who have their own families to feed, must now provide for their sister too; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to this Ministry that Fath al-Dawlah, who works for the British and had been in Hamadan for business, had married, but left his wife after the business was completed. These brothers...
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Hadi Kurdistani's petition, 1925
Hadi Kurdistani complains against Haji Khan, who murdered his father, Aqa Khan, married his mother, and seized his and his family's property.
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Documents regarding Liqaʼ Khanum
Mirza Abu al-Hasan, a citizen of the Ottoman Empire, whose children are in Kurdistan, died in Mecca. After his death, his wife, Liqaʼ Khanum married Shaykh Ibrahim, as a result of which, she lost custody of her children. Haji Muhammad, who is the executor of Abu al-Hasan's will, complains against Liqaʼ Khanum because she does not acknowledge the change of custodianship and has taken possession of properties that were in the hands of other guardians.
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Petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, 1922 or 1923
Copy of a petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, wife of the late Mulk Ara’, requesting her mahr and her daughter's property
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Petition of Haydar Khan's wife to Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah, 1914
Petition by the wife of Haydar Khan (from Sarab) to Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah, who complains that her husband left her to live in Sarab seven years ago, one year after their marriage. He neither comes back nor pays her alimony. She mentions her previous complaints were to no avail and urges Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah to order Haydar Khan to take her to Sarab or pay her alimony or divorce her. On the margin, Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah has ordered Isma‘il Khan Amir Tuman to rectify her situation.
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Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908
Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...
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