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Wedding ceremony
The grandmother of Nur Allah Saqiyan and grandmother of Ralph Salimpour can be seen in the photograph.
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Group portrait
Jewish family
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Group of Kurds' letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter of a group of Kurds to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma mentions that Sayyid Kazim lent money to ‘Azrah based on their friendship and the trust between them, but later ‘Azrah denied receiving this money
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Regarding Rahat Khanum's claim about a burglary, 1899
A Jewish woman, Rahat Khanum, claims her silk clothes have been stolen. Out of four suspects, they have only interrogated the writer's servant, who has denied the charge. Rahat Khanum has refused to pay for the court expenses and is currently staying out of sight. The writer complains about the unclear status of the servant.
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Group portrait
In the back row, the fourth person standing from the left is Baktur Nikkhvah. She was one of the first women who graduated from the Alliance Israélite Universelle.
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Group portrait
In the back row, the second standing figure from the right is Musa Yash‘iya and the third figure is his brother, Haji Abraham; middle row, from the right: the fourth figure is Khanum and the fifth figure is Khvurshid Khanum; front row, the first seated child from the left is Aqdas; the rest are unidentified.
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Jewish woman's conversion to Islam, 1901
Includes three telegrams by Muhsin from Savujbulagh regarding a Jewish woman who fled and converted to Islam with the help of a Kurdish Muslim; her husband declared his conversion by shaving his head and beard in order to take his wife back; later, he denied the conversion and announced that he was coerced to convert. Some of the ‘ulama accused him of blasphemy and ordered his killing. Thus, people have gathered to witness the execution and are causing turmoil. The writer has arrested the man to protect him from execution and asks for guidance on how to settle the matter.
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899
Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...
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