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Letter
Regarding working for Sitvat al-Saltanah after returning from Khuy and Salmas, his training by Hamzah Khan Munshi Bashi, and a complaint about his post.
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Letter
The writer has a few suggestions regarding the addressee's concern about not receiving letters, for instance, dating the letters and referring to dates in each letter; also discusses the delivery of some items from Khuy to Tabriz.
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Letter about receiving a pen box
Letter thanking the addressee for the attention s/he had paid the writer. Also, the writer states that s/he has missed the addressee.
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Letter to Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant of Khuy
Letter to Haj Ahmad Aqa, the merchant from Khuy; the writer discusses some financial issues and family matters; referring to a woman's death, the writer [probably her cousin and husband] says that he did everything for her, even wishing to be sick instead of her, and that she had been content with him. He also discusses her loneliness, noting that he was the only one she talked to, day and night. That being the case, he expresses disappointment that the addressee has blamed him. He then talks about Muhammad Javad, reporting that he was circumcised after eight days, is healthy, has not...
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Letter to Ja‘far Khan
A letter of greetings from Khuy, news of ‘Abd Allah Bayg's return, asking about Khanum's health, and asking for the addressee's return; the envelope of the department of travel documents, addressed to Ja‘far Khan the colonel.
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Letter to Yusuf
Regarding Yusuf's stipend, his stay in Tehran, sending Yusuf's belongings from Khuy to Tabriz, property issues, the carpet trade, Sadiq Hazrat quarelling with Mumtaz al-Dawlah over the latter's maltreatment of Sadiq Hazrat's temporary wife, and the problems faced by Armenians
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably to ‘Amid Lashkar about professional and family matters, including: taking a leave from the army in Tabriz; the booklet for registering the wages, the death of Hazhir al-Mulk's wife, seeing Mirza Abu Turab Khan, the suggestion to give the position of pay master of the Nasir regiment to ‘Amid Lashkar, the writer's service in his trip to Chahar Uymaq and Salmas, family news, getting wheat from Vali Hasan village, ‘Ata Bayg's intention to sell his property, the letter from Abu Turab Khan's mother, and the promise to ‘Azimat Khanum and Mirza Abu Turab Khan.
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably to ‘Amid Lashkar; regarding: Mirza Abu Turab Khan's progress in reading and a request for a khal‘at [the robe of honor] for him; a request for weekly letters by the addressee; grain; the purchase of ‘Ata Bayg's share of Varaqah village; the resolution of the issue of Nazar ‘Ali Bayg and Ghaffar Khan Sultan upon Sitvat al-Saltanah's request; the expenses of winter and being short of money; the colonel's debt to the writer; and other work and finance related issues; the writer sends greetings to Iqbal al-Mulk, Sawlat al-Saltanah, the colonel, and Haji Khan Yavar.
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Letter, 1923
Regarding: inquiring about the addressee's requested promotion; severe floods, causing the destruction of houses including Vusuq al-Hukama's building, and two people are missing; the earthquake in Turbat near Mashhad, which lasted eight days and, according to Tehran's newspapers, resulted in the death of four thousand people; collecting aid for the victims; the thunderstorm in Qarajah Dagh damaging one hundred trees; the hail in Khuy, each ball of which was as large as an egg, damage to the crops; purchasing cheese for the household; Mustafa Khan's departure; other local news; and greetings...
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Regarding ‘Alikhan's daughter-in-law
Correspondence regarding the turmoil in Azarbayjan, including the attack on the Chihriq citadel in which ‘Ali Khan was able to flee along with his wife and children while his daughter-in-law, Muhammad Aqa's wife, was captured by Nasir al-Dawlah, the commander of the national army; the attempt to free her and leaving her with Shaykh al-Islam; ‘Ali Khan's stay in Ottoman lands; and a narration of the story of the cossacks who captured women, and beheaded and cut their hair to present them as men and then receive a reward
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