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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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Jewish woman requests divorce from her Muslim convert husband, 1899
Petition by a Jewish woman whose husband, Mahdi, previously Jewish, has converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman. He does not agree to divorce his Jewish wife and demands she also convert to Islam, which she refuses to do.
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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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Ketubah
A marriage contract of a Jewish family from Mashhad.
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Ketubah of Farha Qatan and Davud Muradpur, 1899
Marriage contract of Farha Qatan, daughter of Zakariya, with Davud Muradpur, son of Murdikhay [Mordekhai] in 1899.
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Ketubah of Furha and Yaʻqub, 5670 [1910]
Marriage contract of Furha, daughter of Yusuf, and Yaʻqub, son of Avram.
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Ketubah of Istir [Esther] and Yaʻkov, 5465 [1885]
Marriage contract of Istir [Esther] (Sahib Jan Khanum), daughter of Binjamin and Yaʻkuv [Yaʻkov], son of Yahuda
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Ketubah of Jamilah Kashizadah and Mirza Aqa ʻAttarzadah, 1926
Marriage contract of Jamilah Kashizadah and Mirza Aqa ʻAttarzadah (Parviz Saʻadatmand).
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Ketubah of Khanum Agha Nazariyan and Shamuʼil, 1937
Marriage contract of Khanum Agha Nazariyan and Shamuʼil.
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Ketubah of Khanum Agha and Shamuʼil Kalimi, 1922
Marriage contract of Khanum Agha Kalimah and Shamuʼil Kalimi on 1 November 1922.