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Masturah and Aljay
Pictured, from the left, are: Masturah Afshar and her sister, Aljay Afshar Subataylu: daughters of Malik Sultan Khanum and Jamshid Majd al-Saltanah Afshar Subataylu
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Sulayman's petition, 1919
Sulayman (the son of Haji Baba Muhammad'uf), the merchant of Russian nationality and resident of Istanbul, writes to the Russian Consulate regarding the breach of his late wife (Sughra Khanum)'s right of inheritance. The inheritance of Najaf Muhammad'uf (Sughra Khanum's father) was divided among his other children, Muhsin, Mahmud, and Sariyah Khanum, as well as Haji Javad, Sariyah Khanum's husband and the executor of her will. Sulayman states that Sughra Khanum, the eldest child of Najaf Muhammad'uf, died in Istanbul, leaving him as her lawful inheritor. He has emphasized that Najaf...
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Ottoman women's conference, 1910
Salah Zaki Bayg, head of Madrasah-i Rushdiyah Humayuni, held the first conference at the American School in the Greek Pasha neighborhood of Istanbul
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Baba Ganjah Muhammad'uf's petition to Russian Consulate, 1920
The writer describes the way that Haji Javad took advantage of his illness and deceitfully obtained his signature on a petition; the division of properties among the inheritors leaves out the share of the late Sughra Khanum, the daughter of the late Aqa Mashhadi Najaf, whose inheritor is her husband Sulayman Bayg; the usurpation of the writer's properties by Haji Javad and Aqa Riza [his nephew], the share of Aqa Riza's late mother, who was also the writer's wife; and Hasan Aqa's share (one-fifth from his partnership in addition to his mother's inheritance); he requests that the consulate...
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Determining the shares of Muhammad'uf brothers and their nephew
In three copies: four Muhammad'uf brothers, Haj Baba, the late Haj ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the late Aqa ‘Ali Asghar, and the late Aqa Mashhadi Najaf, jointly owned the real estate business covering properties in Azarbayjan and Islambul [Istanbul]. At the date of this document three of the partners are deceased and their properties have been transferred to their inheritors, who are as listed: Haj ‘Ali Akbar's inheritors: Haj Javad Aqa, Aqa Zayn al-‘Abidin (who has transferred his share to Haj Javad Aqa), Khadijah Khanum, and Zahra Khanum; Aqa Mashhadi Najaf's inheritors: Aqa Muhsin Aqa, Aqa Mahmud...
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Letter, 1912
Letter from Istanbul, explaining the reason for the delay in responding to the addressee's letter: problems in Iran and Ottoman Empire and education and family issues. The writer also mentions Ihtisham Humayun's appreciation of the addressee, inquires about addressee's going to Tehran, and sends greetings to ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan
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On women's education, 1911
Written by Asif, first published in Shams newspaper of Istanbul
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Opening of a school for women in Istanbul, 1910
Announcement in Islam newspaper
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Dispute about transferring Hurmat al-Muluk's properties to Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir
Khadijah Khanum Hurmat al-Muluk regrets selling her properties to Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir, son of Shaykh ʻUbayd Allah, and believes that she sold them under duress, but Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir is not willing to return the properties.
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Letter from Arfaʻ al-Dawlah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1907
About the arrival of Hazrat-i ʻUlya and Nasir al-Din Mirza to Istanbul, sending an official carriage from the Sultan to the train station and the presence of Iranian merchants to welcome them, staying at the embassy for a few days to prepare for their pilgrimage to Mecca, and sending telegrams by the writer to different places to get ready to welcome Hazrat-i ʻUlya and Nasir al-Din Mirza on their way to Mecca
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