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Petition [to Sadiqah Khanum]
Letter to [Sadiqah Khanum?], asking to work for her or Amir Arsalan Khan [Asifi] as a servant and sending 5 tumans.
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Letters regarding Ashraf al-Mulk's murder
Two letters and a telegraph: a letter by I‘tizad al-Mulk responding to Fatimah Khanum's request and promising to pursue the matter of her son's (Ashraf al-Mulk's) murder upon his arrival to Sari, dated December 19, 1918; a telegraph from Tehran to Sari from Ministry of Interior, pursuant of a petition by Fatimah Khanum protesting lack of action to pursue Amir Nusrat and other murderers of Ashraf al-Mulk and asking for protection of his properties against their transgressions, dated February 4,1919; copy of a note from I‘tizad al-Saltanah to governor of Ashraf (Bihshahr) in regards to the...
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Letters from Shams al-Dawlah
Three letters from Shams al-Dawlah [wife of Nasir al-Din Shah] including two letters to ‘Azud al-Mulk and a letter of complaint to an unidentified person regarding the arrest of her brother, ‘Ayn al-Dawlah [‘Abd al-Majid Mirza]. The first letter is about the decree for ‘Ayn al-Dawlah in which she complains about ‘Azud al-Mulk's delay in sealing the decree and asks him to speed up the process and otherwise, to send it back with the messenger Mirza Ahmad Khan. She has included fifty five-thousand bills for the taxation costs in the envelope. The second letter to ‘Azud al-Mulk is about the...
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Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan
Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan, daughter of Filban Bashi [the elephant-keeper]: 1-a complaint letter in which she talks about how she was barred from entering the office of Ministers by the servants who receive orders from Ittila‘ al-Saltanah (head of the office) and Mirza Khalil (office secretary), both adversaries of her husband, saying that this is the order of the Prime Minister. She has also gone to the Russian Embassy to meet the ambassador, but was also barred from entering it. She complains that while everyone else can go to the Embassy and plead for justice, Zahra...
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Correspondence related to Taj al-Dawlah
Correspondence regarding the pension of Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife: 1- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister addressed to the Ministry of Finance, stating that despite the approval of the cabinet, Taj al-Dawlah's pension has not been paid to her. The writer is requesting the payment of all her delayed funds; 2- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister, stating that upon the approval of the cabinet on 15 July, 1913, Taj al-Dawlah's pension (from 21 March, 1913) will be fully paid to her on a monthly basis; 3- a letter from Taj al-Dawlah complaining about not...
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi
Letters include the following: Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Hasan Khan Munshi Bashi about a trip to Tunikabun; about the division of a shipment of lettuce among family members; about the government's seizure of the properties of Qamar Khanum, daughter of Sa‘d al-Saltanah; Mirza Hasan instructs Munshi Bashi to give 700 tumans to Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara, wife of his deceased father, Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam, to settle a family inheritance dispute; about the state of affairs since the constitutional revolution, and the efforts of his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, to get him to...
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Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century
Letters include the following: a report on earnings from Farmanfarma's properties, a letter about a meeting with Farmanfarma, a letter concerning an order for bullets, a report on crop sales, a letter about Sayf Allah Mirza and financial matters, a letter about a meeting with Nizam al-‘Ulamaʼ, a telegraph sent by Bahaʼ al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a letter from the mother of Nasir al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a unidentified party's letter about death of a spouse, a letter from an unidentified party to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan Mustawfi, a letter from an unidentified woman about...
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Letter, 1903
The letter is about Qaysar Khan, an Afghan with British citizenship, who the writer claims has financial conflicts with some locals, such as Muhammad Husayn. ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas has agreed to give his daughter to Qaysar Khan in marriage. He gave eighty tumans and some clothes to ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas and his daughter, and has lived with [Ustad ʻAli's] daughter in his house for a month. The writer pleads with the receipient of the letter, claiming that action must be taken to punish Ustad ʻAli, who had gone to his house [in order to make the marriage legal], and he had told him that the...
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Petition regarding cutting of trees
The writer, who is responsible for taking care of the garden and almond trees in the Yingijah village owned by a woman from Tabriz (Zuka’ al-Dawlah's niece), complains to the head of the police in Dihkhvariqan regarding Muhammad, son of Khizr, for cutting trees down to make charcoal and therefore damaging the lady's property. He requests remuneration for the damage.
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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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