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Abu al-Qasim Khan Burhan al-Dawlah to Riza Quli Khan Sardar Mukarram, 1907
Letter from Abu al-Qasim Burhan al-Dawlah to his brother Riza Quli Khan Sardar Mukarram (Nizam al-Saltanah), governor of ‘Arabistan and Luristan. He writes about the rumors of arrival of Salar al-Dawlah with his troops, insecurity in the region, the upheavals in Azarbayjan, and reassures him of the security of the household.
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Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...
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Correspondence regarding Sahib Khanum's salary, 1923
A telegram from Sahib Qiraniyah to Zill al-Sultan in Isfahan regarding the salary of Sahib Khanum, Zill al-Sultan's paternal aunt, and the hardship to receive it from Isfahan; in his telegram, Zill al-Sultan explains that her salary would be transferred to Siraj al-Mulk who pays her in installments; he also asks Siraj al-Mulk to add forty tumans to the total salary of nine hundred and sixty tumans and pay Sahib Khanum one thousand tumans in total.
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Diary letter by Mirza Ahmad Suhrab, 1913
Includes different topics, such as the importance of the Tarbiyat school; as well as a list of students along with their fathers and patrons
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Filicide, 1910
Sadiq, with the help of the sister of his first wife, killed his son from his second wife who had died a while after she was divorced, by throwing him in a well; the sister-in-law confessed and was sentenced to death by being thrown from a high location
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Hasan ʻAli's notes to Ilyas' wife
In note, dated October 22, 1906, Hasan ʻAli asks the female baker, the widow of Ilyas, to give half a man [unit of weight] of bread to Ismaʻil Anaraki. In other note, dated July 30, 1907, he asks her to give one man [unit of weight] of bread to two residents of Pudah village.
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Ketubah of Furha and Yaʻqub, 5670 [1910]
Marriage contract of Furha, daughter of Yusuf, and Yaʻqub, son of Avram.
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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Letter of greetings and news of war
Letter about family related news and news of the progression of the war [World War I], talking about fasting in the month of Ramazan, the writer's letter to the addressee sent with Aqa Sadr, for which s/he had not received any response. S/he talks about the news of the German and Ottoman forces progressing into Iran and taking control of Kirmanshah and Hamadan and moving toward Tehran and how this news has raised the price of goods in the city; the highway robbers from Fars; the British moving towards Isfahan, and finally the hot weather in the city. The writer ends the letter with sending...
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Letter to Hamdam al-Saltanah, 1917
After the greeting, the author expresses their happiness for Hamdam al-Saltanah’s recovery, encourages Hamdam al-Saltanah to travel to Isfahan for a visit and to check on her properties
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