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Report of Saʻid al-Sultan's journey

The report describes Saʻid al-Sultan's journey to become the governor of Isfandabad in Kurdistan for the second time, based on military events from July to October of 1919.
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Clothing measurements for sewing

Several clothing measurements written down by a tailor to make clothes [for Saʻid al-Sultan and his wife.]
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Three reports to Saʻid al-Sultan

Three reports: a financial report from Muhammad Saʻid to Saʻid al-Sultan, about taxes and the submission of receipts to ʻAliyah Khanum (December 24, 1914); an economic and social report to Saʻid al-Sultan and Bihjat Khanum and a description of villagers' poverty and plight; a report about wheat transportation [to Sanandaj] and the participation of women in the process of preparing the wheat (February 17,1915). In the absence of Saʻid al-Sultan, the reports were sent to Bihjat Khanum;
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Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan

Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan: one from Maymunabad villagers objecting to Bihjat Khanum's way of dividing donkeys--Bihjat Khanum is the wife of Saʻid al-Sultan; one by Ziba Vaziri, a relative of Asif Aʻzam, requesting payment of the revenue of half of Amirabad [village] following Rustam Khan (her husband)'s death and asking for ʻAli Muhammad Bayg's help— ʻAli Muhammad Bayg is Ziba Vaziri's overseer and Ziba Khanum claims that she inherited half of the village from her late husband, but in this petition she is merely asking for revenue and not for the half of the village itself;...
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Documents about the murder of Rashid's daughter

Documents include: letter of consent between Muhammad Rashid, son of Lutf Allah, and Ahmad, son of Muhammad ʻAli. Muhammad Rashid asserts her daughter's murder by Ahmad was unintentional (October 13, 1921); a request to drop Ahmad Khan's charge of murder of Rashid's daughter and instead charging ʻAli Muhammad (chief of village) as the murderer; a report [by the overseer of Miraki village] about the murder of Rashid's daughter by Ahmad and his escape, according to which Aqa Jan, Ahmad's brother, attempted to persuade him to kill Rashid's daughter, after which Aqa Jan gained Rashid's consent...
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Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan

Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...

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