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Making tragacanth in Kurdistan
Group of women and girls, and a young man standng behind them; caption: "En Kurdistan, le nettoyage de la gomme adragante"
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Mamanah Khanum's settlements, 1925 and 1931
Two settlements, one between Mamanah Khanum and Murad ‘Ali over the care and rent of two cows and two calves (1925); and another between Mamanah Khanum and Safar ‘Ali over the care of sixteen sheep (1931)
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Invoice of peasants of March village
Tax inventory of the peasants from March village in 1931, to Saʻid al-Sultan (owner of the village). The amount is 20 shahi. The peasants make an agreement to pay taxes based on the amount of each one's harvest. Aminah Khanum is one of the peasants.
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Interference of Mir Faraj Allah's brother-in-laws, 1928
Includes a telegram by the attorney of Mir Faraj Allah Rizayi complaining against the Court of Justice in Kurdistan, claiming that his client's brother-in-laws, who are also his paternal cousins, have used their influence on the court and interfered with the property cases involving his client. Therefore, he deems the court partial and requests that his client's case be transferred to a court in Kirmanshah, Hamadan, or Garus. In a letter to the Ministry of Justice, the Majlis asks for an investigation.
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Three reports to Saʻid al-Sultan
Three reports: a financial report from Muhammad Saʻid to Saʻid al-Sultan, about taxes and the submission of receipts to ʻAliyah Khanum (December 24, 1914); an economic and social report to Saʻid al-Sultan and Bihjat Khanum and a description of villagers' poverty and plight; a report about wheat transportation [to Sanandaj] and the participation of women in the process of preparing the wheat (February 17,1915). In the absence of Saʻid al-Sultan, the reports were sent to Bihjat Khanum;
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Sale settlement between Khvurshid Liqa Khanum and Mah Liqa Khanum with Mirza Shukr Allah Asifi
Property sale settlement between Khvurshid Liqa Khanum and Mah Liqa Khanum with Mirza Shukr Allah Asifi, represented by ʻAbd al-Karim Fathi and Mirza Mahmud Zu al-Fiqari, and with the sale registered in the Land Registry Office in Sanandaj. This item includes the document and three copies.
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Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan
Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan: one from Maymunabad villagers objecting to Bihjat Khanum's way of dividing donkeys--Bihjat Khanum is the wife of Saʻid al-Sultan; one by Ziba Vaziri, a relative of Asif Aʻzam, requesting payment of the revenue of half of Amirabad [village] following Rustam Khan (her husband)'s death and asking for ʻAli Muhammad Bayg's help— ʻAli Muhammad Bayg is Ziba Vaziri's overseer and Ziba Khanum claims that she inherited half of the village from her late husband, but in this petition she is merely asking for revenue and not for the half of the village itself;...
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Family correspondence of Saʻid al-Sultan
Family correspondence of Saʻid al-Sultan: letter with Nawruz greeting from [Haji Khan Sanandaji] and Qamar al-Hajiyah (Qamar Talʻat Khanum) to Saʻid al-Sultan and Bihjat Khanum; two letters from Safiyah Khanum, sister of Saʻid al-Sultan, and her husband (?) to Saʻid al-Sultan, requesting purchase of wheat from Kamyaran; letter from Aminah Nanah to Sadiqah Khanum and Saʻid al-Sultan, asking them to buy mortar, oranges, cookies and shoes for Nawruz; letter from Muhammad Jaʻfar Asif Vaziri to Saʻid al-Sultan, encouraging him to appoint Sayyid ʻAli Sayyid al-Shuhada, Mirza Muhammad Nuri, or...
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Demanding sister's inheritance, 1927
Includes a petition by Muhammad Sadiq Farsh-furush (rug seller) to the Majlis regarding his sister's bestowal of her paternal inheritance to him. Although her husband, Muhammad Rahim Najjar (carpenter) had initially agreed to give his wife's belonging to Muhammad Sadiq, he later disputed Muhammad Sadiq's claim. Moreover, he was able to reverse a verdict which was in favor of Muhammad Sadiq by means of bribing. There is also a letter from the Majlis to Muhammad Sadiq which instructs him to follow his claim via the Ministry of Justice.
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Part of Subh-i Azal's biography
Written by ʻAtiyah Ruhi (the great-granddaughter of Mirza Yahya Subh-i Azal)
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