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Division of Qamar Taj Khanum’s inheritance, 1933
The possessions of the late Qamar Taj Khanum, daughter of the late Riza Quli Khan Fakhim al-Dawlah, have been divided amongst her inheritors, Husayn Quli Khan Zu al-Faqari (her husband) and her children (Ahmad Khan Mani‘ al-Dawlah, Hamid Khan, Buyuk Khan, Akram Khan, and Ashraf Khan).
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Ghulam Husayn Khan's endowment, 1919
Ghulam Husayn Khan Sardar Mujallal, son of Haj Sulayman Khan Bihjat al-Dawlah, has transferred his properties near Kirman and Bam to Mirza Husayn Khan Sardar Nusrat, son of Murtaza Quli Khan Vakil al-Mulk, in exchange for some crystal candy. The condition is that Mirza Husayn Khan endows these properties after Ghulam Husayn Khan’s death. Nine hundred and thirty tumans is the annual budget to cover the costs of hiring people for reading the Qurʼan and rawzah, repairs, cleaning the tomb in Najaf, and expenses of coffee, sugar cubes, tobacco, charcoal, water pipes, and lamps. Aman Allah, son...
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Jamilah Khanum’s will, 1908
Jamilah Khanum, daughter of Husayn Quli Khan, appoints her daughter, Qamar Taj Khanum, as the executor of her will. She asks her daughter to donate some part of the property income, transfer her body to Najaf, pay her debt and the cost of burial and funeral, etc.
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Letter about prayers on behalf of Nuzhat al-Dawlah, 1954
The writer gives an account of the contracts s/he has made with Shaykh Muhammad Riza Isfahani and Aqa ‘Abd al-Riza Baqiyan for performing prayers on behalf of the late Hajiyah Nuzhat al-Dawlah in Karbala’ and Najaf and has enclosed invoices.
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Payment instruction and affidavit, 1918 and 1929
Two sets of writing on a sheet of paper: Nuzhat al-Dawlah's request that Haji ‘Ali Aqa Kumpani pay seventy tumans to Aqa Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, dated May 1, 1918. The second is an inquiry regarding the late Nuzhat al-Dawlah's will written on April 13, 1924, which included the villages of Sis and Malikzadah and has passed the ownership of some properties to the writer and three other people. When the will was written, the writer resided in Najaf. S/he returned three years later (one year after Nuzhat al-Dawlah's death). Now, five years after the will, s/he is asking for testimony of those who...
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, about fasting for a person addicted to opium, masturbation by a man during his wife's menstruation or postpartum period, and reading hymns of Hazrat-i Sadiqah
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, sent from Rasht, about prayer and ablution after intercourse; power of attorney to perform divorce, marriage, and other legal contracts; ownership of dowries after the passing of either the parents or the daughter; responsibility for costs of food, medicine, and a doctor for a woman who is living in her parents' house
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Regarding Hajiyah Baygum Khanum's burial in Najaf, 1939 to 1940
Abu Turab ‘Amid Lashkar hired, on April 30, 1939, Muhammad Rawzah Khvan [the preacher] Fayyaz, the son of the late Karbalayi Husaynquli, to carry the corpse of Hajiyah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, to Najaf and bury her there, for 80 tumans, of which he recieved 50 tumans in advance and the rest of which he will recieve upon return. The following documents are receipts for ten tumans on October 26, 1939, five tumans on December 26, 1939, January 25, 1940, and February 23, 1940, and thirty-five tumans on April 22, 1940.
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Regarding Saltanat Khanum Akhtar al-Muluk's salary
Documents include letter of salary confirmation for Saltanat Khanum Akhtar Muluk, daughter of Shaykh Ja‘far from Najaf; and her identity verification and salary form
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Shikar Khanum's settlement and will, 1921
Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, the daughter of the late Haji Allahyar Ganjah and the wife of Haji ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the merchant from Ganjah, makes a claim against her brother, Mulla Najaf, regarding her inheritance from her father and her mother, Bibi Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mustafa. Because all of Mulla Najaf's properties have been in a state of ruin due to the unrest in Caucasus and their value has depreciated since his death, Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, thinking of her brother's children, has settled her claims with them: Mashhadi Musayyab Aqa, Mashhadi Haji Bayg Aqa, and Muhammad Hasan...
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