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Sulayman's petition, 1919
Sulayman (the son of Haji Baba Muhammad'uf), the merchant of Russian nationality and resident of Istanbul, writes to the Russian Consulate regarding the breach of his late wife (Sughra Khanum)'s right of inheritance. The inheritance of Najaf Muhammad'uf (Sughra Khanum's father) was divided among his other children, Muhsin, Mahmud, and Sariyah Khanum, as well as Haji Javad, Sariyah Khanum's husband and the executor of her will. Sulayman states that Sughra Khanum, the eldest child of Najaf Muhammad'uf, died in Istanbul, leaving him as her lawful inheritor. He has emphasized that Najaf...
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‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892
Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father's death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own...