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Documents about the murder of Rashid's daughter
Documents include: letter of consent between Muhammad Rashid, son of Lutf Allah, and Ahmad, son of Muhammad ʻAli. Muhammad Rashid asserts her daughter's murder by Ahmad was unintentional (October 13, 1921); a request to drop Ahmad Khan's charge of murder of Rashid's daughter and instead charging ʻAli Muhammad (chief of village) as the murderer; a report [by the overseer of Miraki village] about the murder of Rashid's daughter by Ahmad and his escape, according to which Aqa Jan, Ahmad's brother, attempted to persuade him to kill Rashid's daughter, after which Aqa Jan gained Rashid's consent...
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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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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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Letter to Mirza Muhammad Riza Muʻtamad
Letter from [Asad Allah Khan son of Aqa Khan] to Muhammad Riza Muʻtamad [of Kurdistan]. In this letter, Muhammad Riza Muʻtamad is reprimanded by Asad Allah Khan for failing to collect and give payments to Valiyah [the wife of the governor of Kurdistan] for two years.
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Letters from [Mah Talʻat Khanum] to [Saʻid al-Sultan]
Letters from Mah Talʻat Khanum to Saʻid al-Sultan covering the following topics: a request for purchase of honey and potatoes, sending him a pair of socks, and finances; a request for the purchase of fabric and gold, the overseer ʻAbd al-Karim, Salar Fatih's debt, the political turmoil [in Kurdistan]; how some people are inviting Sardar Rashid to oppose to the local government; a reply to his previous letter, giving him advice and writing about a marriage; Muluk Khanum's giving birth to a stillborn; the marriage of the daughter of Shahzadah and Iʻzaz al-Mulk--Saʻid al-Sultan's sisters and...
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Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...
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Permission for entering the villages of Asif Aʻzam
Confirmation letter [from the governor of Kurdistan] giving Sarmast Bayg permission to enter the villages of Mirza ʻAli Naqi (the next Asif Aʻzam) in Saqqiz and a claim [from governor of Kurdistan] to the ownership of the villages.
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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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Recommendation letter for Asif Aʻzam
Recommendation letter from [Allahyar?] to [Amir Nizam Garrusi] for Mirza ʻAli Naqi Khan (the next Asif Aʻzam), describing Mirza ʻAli Naqi Khan's loyal services to Kurdistan and his supervision of nomadic tribes. Amir Nizam Garrusi affirmed Allahyar's statements in a reply.
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Sale settlement between Hajar and Khvajah Nafs
Property sale settlement between Hajar's attorney and Khvajah Nafs, son of Khvajah ʻAyni. The property's value is stated to be one Tabrizi tuman and 5000 dinars. Hajar is the sister of Ahmad and daughter of Husayn.
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