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About moon sighting
Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about the moon sighting and its conditions
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Copy of Fatimah Baygum's petition to Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Najafi, 1926
Copy of a complaint petition from Fatimah Baygum to Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Najafi regarding her brutal treatment at the hands of her husband, Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Anjavi. Fatimah Baygum claims that her husband has beaten her and thrown her and their children out of their house. She has sent the children to ask their father for permission to go back, but he refused every time. She next sent some acquaintances to her husband, but he never let her or the children return home. She finally sent this petition to Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Najafi, requesting that he would...
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Khanum Balqays' petition, 1931
Petition by Khanum Balqays against Mirza Ibrahim, known as Aqa Buzurg Taryaki [opium consumer], who has not paid the rent for a piece of land for four years. The petition asks the court to inform Mirza Ibrahim of the amount of money he owes to the petitioner.
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Khanum Masha’ Allah's petition regarding her divorce, 1928
Petition written by Khanum Masha’ Allah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Baqqal [the grocer], to Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, regarding her divorce from her husband, Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Shukr Allah, and forgoing her mahr.
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Khanum Muhtaram Mahmud-zadah Sabit's statement about renting her land, 1935
Statement written by Khanum Muhtaram Mahmud-zadah Sabit to the court of Fars requesting an investigation and an order against someone who rented her land for fifty tumans plus payment of the taxes, but has not paid part of the taxes and the rent, and does not cooperate with her.
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Letter asking for a lost rental lease, 1929
Letter written by Khanum Muhtaram to Sayyid Ahmad Pish-namaz [the prayer leader] asking him to write down the text of a lost rental lease that he had drafted four years ago. The lease was about renting Khilak lands to Mashhadi ‘Ali Akbar Dihkurah. On the margin, Sayyid Ahmad has written the rental lease.
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Letter by Khanum Muhtaram's lawyer about the evacuation of a room, 1929
Draft of the letter written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, the attorney of Khanum Muhtaram, to the Justice Department of Fars about the evacuation of a room in a house located in Bazar-i Murgh neighborhood usurped by Zahra Baygum. She has also occupied some of the other rooms of that house with all the furniture without the owner's permission.
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Petition
Petition addressed to Nazim al-Sultan on behalf of Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim Kaliskah-chi [carriage driver], who has been sentenced to pay six hundred tumans to his wife, Hajiyah Ruqiyah Sultan; however, the writer is witness to Hajiyah Ruqiyah Sultan’s deposition that she has not given any money to her husband and has settled all her entitlements. The writer also emphasizes Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim's financial hardship.
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Petition about a father-in-law's debt, 1905
Petition of Muhammad Riza Banna’ [the mason] to the prayer leader of Fars regarding his father-in-law's debt to him and the fact that not only has he taken his wife to his home for twenty days, but also he has complained about him to Salar al-Sultan Biglarbaygi. The writer asks the addressee to write a note confirming his presence with the addressee every day.
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Petition from Maryam Sultan to Friday prayer-leader
Petition of Maryam Sultan, wife of Mirza Muhammad Riza, to Hujjat al-Islam, the Friday prayer-leader. In it, she states that Mirza Muhammad Riza has triple-divorced her and gone to Fasa for seven months while owing her a two-hundred tuman debt and her mahr.
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