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Settlement between Shaykh Mahdi and Ziya’ Najmabadi, 1955
Copy of a settlement on Ministry of Justice letterhead regarding a property (numbered 2170 to 2172) in the Shaykh Hadi neighborhood in Tehran. Aqa Mirza Muhammad Khan Najmabadi had inherited this property from his mother, Sakinah Khanum Kundushlu (Shaykh Hadi's wife). In 1947, he sold the property to his niece, Sadiqah Najmabadi. After Sadiqah Najmabadi's death in March of 1955, the property was inherited by her father, Shaykh Mahdi Najmabadi, and her husband, Ziya’ Najmabadi. According to this document, on November 12, 1955, Shaykh Mahdi sold his share to Ziya’ Najmabadi.
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Sadiqah Dawlatabadi and Kanun-i banuvan
The series includes the followings: a list of Kanun-i Banuvan (Women's Center) donors; the statutes and regulations of the Women's Center; a letter from the Women's Center to the Ministry of Justice; the Center's memorial service for Sadiqah Dawlatabadi and the text for that service; a speech from its 17th anniversary celebration and the program for this celebration; a report about its 13th academic year; a speech, the opening remarks at a Kanun-i banuvan play; and an invitation to a Women's Day celebration hosted by the Women's Center.
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Documents regarding Gawhar al-Muluk's claim against Qamar Khanum, 1916 to 1917
Documents related to the claim by Gawhar al-Muluk Khanum (wife of Shahzadah ‘Aziz) against Qamar Khanum (known as Shahzadah Khanum) regarding the inheritance from Gawhar al-Muluk Khanum's late son, Nasr Allah Mirza, a house worth six hundred tumans, which is occupied by Qamar Khanum; including a power of attorney, affidavits, and court subpoenas
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Demanding sister's inheritance, 1927
Includes a petition by Muhammad Sadiq Farsh-furush (rug seller) to the Majlis regarding his sister's bestowal of her paternal inheritance to him. Although her husband, Muhammad Rahim Najjar (carpenter) had initially agreed to give his wife's belonging to Muhammad Sadiq, he later disputed Muhammad Sadiq's claim. Moreover, he was able to reverse a verdict which was in favor of Muhammad Sadiq by means of bribing. There is also a letter from the Majlis to Muhammad Sadiq which instructs him to follow his claim via the Ministry of Justice.
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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...