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Telegram from Asad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
The author talks about Haji Doctor Khan's departure and asks for the addressee's permission to send two mules with him; explains how a new light has been invented and that it is more practical and cheaper than the existing ones; and assures the addressee he is following his affairs.
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Eight landowners to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from eight landowners (from Charamlah) to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma. The letter includes a report about peasants of Charamlah buying sheep, the problems of this transaction for the peasants, the possibility of their migration to Kurdistan, and having twenty women sent among the peasants to stop them from migrating.
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Telegram from Shir Muhammad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
About the looting of the herds of Shuja‘ Lashkar; the killing of a man and a woman and injuring a woman by Habib, son of ‘Ali Akbar Khan, and the horsemen of Kalhur; and asking the addressee for a reply
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Letter from Shahrukh to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Talks about ‘Ali Bayg, son of Salim, who murdered the daughter of Umid ‘Ali Hasan; Umid ‘Ali Hasan, with the help of people from the Kakavand clan, has stolen five hundred ewes and goats and two donkeys as blood money and he and ‘Ali Bayg have been imprisoned. The writer asks Husayn Khan, who has promised to secure the blood money, to go to Harsin to end the quarreling, but he refuses to do so. ‘Ali Bayg's mother, also, has hidden all their belongings to avoid paying the blood money; the author asks the addressee to order Husayn Khan and ‘Ali Bayg's mother to go to Harsin to pay the blood...
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Letter from Talʻat al-Dawlah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Talʻat al-Dawlah, daughter of Nadim al-Saltanah and wife of Haji ʻAliriza Khan, talks about the hardships she faced after her husband's death. She describes how agents looted her house and seized fifty thousand tumans worth of property that Haji ʻAliriza Khan had transferred to their daughter, Muhtaram, before passing away. Also, her husband's nephew sent a telegram to Tehran claiming his share of these belongings. The writer notes the cruelty her and her daughter experienced, and asks the addressee for help and justice.
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Letter from Muhtaram to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The writer discusses the hardships she faced after the death of her father, the late Haji ʻAliriza Khan, and elaborates on how Amir Afshar and people from Garus have destroyed the villages she owns based on the sale settlement between her and her father. She mentions that she and her mother have been treated with extreme cruelty. She asks the addressee for justice after reviewing the settlement.
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Telegram from Bihjat al-Mulk to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Includes preparing for Haji Doctor Khan's trip and providing the carriage; expenses of the carrige; recovery of Muhammad Husayn; and recommends sending Haji Doctor Khan's family along with him to avoid extra costs
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Telegram from Muhammad al-Ghaffari to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1900
Notifies about the departure of ʻIzzat al-Saltanah and Nusrat al-Dawlah and asks for one or two hunting dog puppies to be delivered to the sender
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Letters from various senders to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letters to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about family, business, and financial affairs, including Najm al-Saltanah's consultations with her brother Farmanfarma about her children's marriages
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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...