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Revocation of power of attorney, 1926
Sha‘ban ‘Ali had given the power of attorney to Saham al-Shari‘ah in order to defend him against Karbalayi Fatimah Bibi's claim. But since she has dropped her claim, Sha‘ban ‘Ali revokes the power of attorney.
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Letter regarding a baseless claim
Letter written by Mulla Aqa Khan's lawyer in defense of his client over the baseless claim made by Haji Muhammad, Hajiyah Fatimah Sultan, and Ruqiyah Sultan Khanum about an inherited warehouse and what they owe to Mulla Aqa Khan, and asking for more evidence and documents.
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Letters of a lawyer to the court about his clients, 1929
Draft of two letters written by a lawyer to the court about his client's rent, a local investigation about usurpation of possessions of his two other clients, and some other petitions and sentences
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Court order against Haji Muhammad Nabi's inheritors, 1914
Copy of the court order that sentences the inheritors of Haji Muhammad Nabi Poost-furush (fur dealer) to pay three hundred and sixty tumans and one qiran [unit of currency] to Khanum Salar, daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad Salih Poost-furush, and to pay one hundred and forty-six tumans and one thousand seven hundred and fifty dinars to Bibi Pari Jan, wife of Karbalayi Muhammad Salih
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Khanum Masha’ Allah's petition regarding her divorce, 1928
Petition written by Khanum Masha’ Allah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Baqqal [the grocer], to Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, regarding her divorce from her husband, Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Shukr Allah, and forgoing her mahr.
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‘Azra's letter for confirming her marriage and mahr, 1935
Letter written by ‘Azra, daughter of Haj Mirza Husayn Sharif, to Mirza Sayyid Ahmad Pish-namaz [the prayer leader] requesting him to confirm her marriage to the late Mirza Muhammad Riza with a mahr of three hundred tumans, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, a Qurʼan worth five tumans, and ten misqals of silk. He confirms her claims and points out that she had settled one hundred and fifty tumans of her mahr with the late Mirza Muhammad Riza.
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Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1890
Haji Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ (from Tabriz)'s petition discusses the pension of Mulla Yahya and ʻAbd Allah Bayg, the hardships the author went through during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and the delay in paying one-third of Mulla Yahya's belongings to his inheritors. This delay was caused by the heir of Haji Muhammad Baqir who is the Kadkhuda (village chief) of a village, which is owned by Surur al-Saltanah. His appointees sabotaged the payment despite the efforts of Mustashar al-Sultan. At the end, the author refers to the necessity of paying the one-third and asks the addressee to...