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Petition of four women from Kurdistan, 1922
Documents include the following: a petition to the Majlis written by Mahtaban, Najibah, Hamidah, and Khvurshid Laqaʼ complaining about the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan, which did not restore to them the rights that had been denied by Qavam al-Tujjar and Salar Mufakhkham; the women's complaint about not receiving their due in spite of the official order from the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan and their request that their rights be restored with the help of gendarmes; the response of Majlis to the Ministry of Justice, requesting that it take their complaint...
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Fakhr al-Saltanah's petition
Fakhr al-Saltanah complains to the Majlis about ʻAbbas Khan Sardar Rashid's seizure of her belongings and inherited property. The Majlis orders the Ministries of Justice and Finance to investigate the case. The Ministry of Justice orders the Ministry of Interior to deal with the issue.
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Hadi Kurdistani's petition, 1925
Hadi Kurdistani complains against Haji Khan, who murdered his father, Aqa Khan, married his mother, and seized his and his family's property.
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Nusrat Nizam's petition, 1923
Nusrat Nizam complains to the Majlis about Saʻid al-Sultan, the son of Asif Aʻzam Kurdistani, for seizing his property and making trouble for his family.
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Petition of Ashraf al-Mamalik's daughter, 1922
Documents include the following: the daughter of Ashraf al-Mamalik (sister of Salar Ashraf and wife of Samin Khan Murad Gurani)'s petition to the Majlis about the seizure of her house and belongings; the confirmation of the petition's receipt and the order of the Ministry of Interior to the government of Kurdistan to take the petition into account, which was sent to the address of Kawkab Khanum (the wife of judge Ismaʻil); the daughter of Ashraf al-Mamalik's complaint to the Majlis that some people have trespassed her home because she married Samin Khan Murad Gurani. The Majlis asks the...
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Request of Bahadur al-Saltanah's wife, 1922 or 1923
Documents include the following: letter from the Ministry of Finance to the Majlis, stating that Bahadur al-Saltanah's salary was cut because of his theft from the customhouse of Saqqiz and requesting that the Prime Minister accept the request of Bahadur al-Saltanah's wife and add her name to the list of stipendiaries if he accepts the request; letter from Bahadur al-Saltanah's wife, in which she writes that due to her husband's salary being cut off, she and her two sons, who are five and nine years old, are having financial difficulties because payments of stipend that they were supposed...
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Petition of Mujarrab al-Dawlah's wife, 1921
The wife of Mujarrab al-Dawlah, the former agent in Kurdistan, complains to the Majlis against ʻAbbas Khan Sardar Rashid. After the Constitutional Revolution and its aftermath, the chaos created in Kurdistan by Salar al-Dawlah, ʻAbbas Khan Sardar Rashid has tyrannized Kurdistan and seized the property of Mujarrab al-Dawlah's wife. The Majlis has investigated the case.
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Interference of Mir Faraj Allah's brother-in-laws, 1928
Includes a telegram by the attorney of Mir Faraj Allah Rizayi complaining against the Court of Justice in Kurdistan, claiming that his client's brother-in-laws, who are also his paternal cousins, have used their influence on the court and interfered with the property cases involving his client. Therefore, he deems the court partial and requests that his client's case be transferred to a court in Kirmanshah, Hamadan, or Garus. In a letter to the Ministry of Justice, the Majlis asks for an investigation.
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Shaykh Muhammad Hasan's petition, 1915
Petition by Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the representative from Garus, to the Majlis regarding the plunders and crimes committed by Salar al-Dawlah and others during the Majlis closure. The writer describes how Mirza, son of Bahram Khalifah from Gulbagh, attacked the village of Chishmah Kazim and put his father's building on fire, where people, including women, had taken shelter, and raped the women. While Mirza was arrested and taken to a Kurdistan court by Sardar Muhay, he was not punished and continues his crimes.
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Demanding sister's inheritance, 1927
Includes a petition by Muhammad Sadiq Farsh-furush (rug seller) to the Majlis regarding his sister's bestowal of her paternal inheritance to him. Although her husband, Muhammad Rahim Najjar (carpenter) had initially agreed to give his wife's belonging to Muhammad Sadiq, he later disputed Muhammad Sadiq's claim. Moreover, he was able to reverse a verdict which was in favor of Muhammad Sadiq by means of bribing. There is also a letter from the Majlis to Muhammad Sadiq which instructs him to follow his claim via the Ministry of Justice.