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Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrin, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to Haydarlu village, includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his...
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Complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, 1910
Correspondence regarding a complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, a Russian national, for plundering peasants from the Kutkuti clan, which resulted in the killing of a woman and the injuring of a girl
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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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Correspondence regarding the pension for ‘Abbas Khan's wife, 1903
Including 1- a petition by ‘Abbas Khan's wife, the former official in Sulaymaniyah, who worked for the Government of Iran but had Ottoman nationality, and neither government attended to his wife's rights. The Iranian Government has asked her to go to Kurdistan to receive a promissory note, but having ten children, she is not able to do so. She requests half of the payment in Sulaymaniyah. 2- A letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ‘Abbas Khan's wife states that according to the Shah's decree, ‘Abbas Khan is not eligible for any pensions and the hundred and twenty tumans he used to...
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Debt of Maryam Khanum's inheritors
Regarding what the inheritors of Haji ‘Abd al-Rahim owe the writer from the salary of the late Maryam Khanum, according to an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ottoman embassy.
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Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nasir al-Mulk, 1904
Regarding the complaint by the Ottoman Embassy against the Government of Kurdistan for not investigating the claims by Ottoman nationals, including the case of Shatir Sulayman, who has forcefully taken his daughter, the wife of an Ottoman national, to his own home.
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Murder in response to assault, 1910
Letter from Ahmad Mujallal al-Mulk, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ representative in Urumiyah about Benjamin, a Christian employee of the French missionaries who killed Petrus, a Christian Ottoman national, after he assaulted Benjamin’s daughter, Benjamin’s consequent arrest and imprisonment by the Ottoman Shahbandar, and Shahbandar’s dismissing the request for holding a trial. After Benjamin's temporary release following his illness and his complaint against his prolonged imprisonment in the absence of any trials, the writer repeated his request for a trial, only to be refused again by...
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Petition regarding a burglary, 1910
Petition by Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Muhammad from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Interior regarding the burglary of his house as they were preparing for his deceased wife’s ceremony. One hundred-fifty tumans and some household items were stolen, which were traced back to a nearby house. The suspect is one of the four residents of the house and is named ‘Aziz. He claims to be an Ottoman national, but the writer asserts that he is a peasant from Rashih-Dih village in Marivan, Kurdistan. He complains against Mujarrab al-Dawlah, the government official who has freed the suspect.
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Regarding Gulabatun's theft, 1903
Correspondence between the Government of Kurdistan (Nasir al-Mulk) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding a claim by Ottoman officials about delinquency in the investigation of theft by Gulabatun, the servant of Aqa Yahya (an Ottoman national); the Government of Kurdistan rejects any negligence and reports that they have investigated Gulabatun's claim on giving the stolen property to a soldier named ‘Abd al-Hamid, who has denied the allegations in the interrogation. Meanwhile, Gulabatun is still living in Aqa Yahya's house.
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Regarding Iranian pilgrims' condition
Includes a report from Qasr-i Shirin regarding the problems that the pilgrims to Khanaqin face at the border. The writer mentions that while only thirty people per day get permission to pass the border, a large number of people gather there every day. This results in chaos and causes separation of husbands and wives or mothers and children as only one of them may be allowed to pass the border. The writer requests that the caravansary owners be notified to only send thirty people to the border each day. The next letter is in response to the report from the border and recommends informing the...