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Petition to Nuzhat al-Dawlah

Addressing various issues, including counting the population of Amir Zakariya village, people's dire need for financial help, and giving wheat and barley to the gardener, the steward, and other workers as a stipend.
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Peasants to Anis al-Dawlah, 1894

A telegram from the peasants of Shaykh Garden in Savah (which was part of the crown lands of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim) to Anis al-Dawlah. They talk about their debt to the Court and state that after the garden was purchased by Zahir al-Saltanah, the peasants have been suffering from the injustice. The new owner has acquired 70 tumans more than their actual debt, which is beyond their financial means. In this letter, the peasants ask Anis al-Dawlah to act on their behalf before Nasir al-Din Shah. They request justice and for the extra money to be returned to them.
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Tuba Khanum's petition

Tuba Khanum complains that despite having taken care of Hisam al-Mulk's daughter, Husayn Khan (the son of ‘Ali Bayg) has turned her against Tuba. She then recounts how after she rented her tragacanth field to Muhammad, Husayn sent some of his men to beat him up and kick him out of the field when he went out to pick the tragacanth. They also beat him another time and left him injured. Tuba Khanum first thought that Zahir al-Mulk had ordered this, but he denied it, so she is now requesting that the addressee punish Husayn for what he has done; on the envelope's verso: Tuba Khanum's seal
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Petition

The writer mentions the addressee's workers stealing their mother's farm products and requests an investigation.
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Complaint letter asking for justice

A group of elders complain to the addressee about how their nomadic tribe is prevented from accessing their winter pastures by Timur Khan's actions. Also, they mention the unacceptable marriage of Zawq ‘Ali’s wife (daughter of Shahnah (sheriff) Ghulam) and Muhammad (son of Shahnah (sheriff) Haydar), and ask the addressee for justice.
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Copy of letter from Fatimah Khanum to head of Customs House

The writer talks about the road construction on the fields belonging to his son, ‘Inayat Allah Khan, despite his wishes, and requests it be prevented. Water is also being prevented from coming to the farms which is brutal for the peasants. The writer also discusses the seizing of Sar Firuzabad farms. The author asks the addressee for justice and an investigation.
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Documents related to Nasir al-Mamalik's properties, 1914-1927

The documents include two settlements between Hasan Khan Ulfat (Ihtisham al-Sultan) and Nasir al-Mamalik about profits and losses derived from renting Nasir al-Mamalik's gardens, land, and crops. Another settlement, between Zaman al-Mulk and Nasir al-Mamalik, is about Zaman Bayg's property. On the margin, Khavar Khanum and her brother have acknowledged the correctness of the settlement. Some of the documents are payment receipts of Nasir al-Mamalik's taxes to the Tax Office in either money or crops such as wheat, barley, and straw. The last document is a report complaining about planting...
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi

Letters include the following: Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Hasan Khan Munshi Bashi about a trip to Tunikabun; about the division of a shipment of lettuce among family members; about the government's seizure of the properties of Qamar Khanum, daughter of Sa‘d al-Saltanah; Mirza Hasan instructs Munshi Bashi to give 700 tumans to Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara, wife of his deceased father, Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam, to settle a family inheritance dispute; about the state of affairs since the constitutional revolution, and the efforts of his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, to get him to...
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Documents related to a property dispute between Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Sayyid Mutahhar

Dispute between Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Sayyid Mutahhar, who has rented some properties from Muhtaram al-Saltanah. The documents include: power of attorney and lease conditions for a property in Azna; petition of Shaykh Jalal al-Din, Muhtaram al-Saltanah's attorney, about Sayyid Mutahhar's claim that the rented land is blighted; Sayyid Mutahhar's petition against the verdict issued by the judicial office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; list of the monthly net crop quantities of Gul Tappah, Muhammad Abad, ʻAli Abad, and Shams Abad; list of the expenses of the agent sent to Gul Tappah;...
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Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century

Letters include the following: a report on earnings from Farmanfarma's properties, a letter about a meeting with Farmanfarma, a letter concerning an order for bullets, a report on crop sales, a letter about Sayf Allah Mirza and financial matters, a letter about a meeting with Nizam al-‘Ulamaʼ, a telegraph sent by Bahaʼ al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a letter from the mother of Nasir al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a unidentified party's letter about death of a spouse, a letter from an unidentified party to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan Mustawfi, a letter from an unidentified woman about...

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Petition to Nuzhat al-Dawlah

Peasants to Anis al-Dawlah, 1894

Tuba Khanum's petition

Petition

Complaint letter asking for justice

Copy of letter from Fatimah Khanum to head of Customs House

Documents related to Nasir al-Mamalik's properties, 1914-1927

Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi

Documents related to a property dispute between Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Sayyid Mutahhar

Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century

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Petition to Nuzhat al-Dawlah

Peasants to Anis al-Dawlah, 1894

Tuba Khanum's petition

Petition

Complaint letter asking for justice

Copy of letter from Fatimah Khanum to head of Customs House

Documents related to Nasir al-Mamalik's properties, 1914-1927

Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi

Documents related to a property dispute between Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Sayyid Mutahhar

Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century

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