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About child mortality, 1910
Regarding the importance of census and its use in social issues, rates of child mortality in Tehran, and the need to educate mothers in health and hygiene
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About selling ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah's female slave, 1909
Published in issue no. 45: ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s female slave was given to Haji Mirza Aqa Bardah-furush (slave seller) to be sold in the bazaar. She had fled but later was captured by police and given back to Haji Mirza Aqa; issue no. 46: three woman have stepped in to raise money for the slave’s freedom; issue no. 47: ‘Ali Muhammad Khan, ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s agent, comes to the office of Iran-i naw and states that the female slave, named Ziba, actually belonged to ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s wife, ‘Azimat al-Dawlah, who had granted her freedom a few days earlier. ‘Ali Muhammad Khan holds her letter...
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Article about English suffragettes, 1911
Article by an English woman about a women's protest at Westminster and the arrest of women by the police; one of the representatives has questioned the Minister of Interior, Churchill, about police actions. Part of the article criticizes government actions and advocates for the participation of women in politics because of their tax contributions and their role in the economy, and emphasizes the need for law reforms.
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Baba Ganjah Muhammad'uf's petition to Russian Consulate, 1920
The writer describes the way that Haji Javad took advantage of his illness and deceitfully obtained his signature on a petition; the division of properties among the inheritors leaves out the share of the late Sughra Khanum, the daughter of the late Aqa Mashhadi Najaf, whose inheritor is her husband Sulayman Bayg; the usurpation of the writer's properties by Haji Javad and Aqa Riza [his nephew], the share of Aqa Riza's late mother, who was also the writer's wife; and Hasan Aqa's share (one-fifth from his partnership in addition to his mother's inheritance); he requests that the consulate...
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Complaint by Unsiyah Baygum, 1910
Alaviyah Unsiyah Baygum, wife of Nayib Javad, talks about being evicted from her own house, along with her five young children, after her husband abandoned them
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Donations for the government, 1910
Petitions to the Majlis from Iranian merchants abroad, and women of Tehran, regarding government debts and donations to the government
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Dressmaker advertisement, 1910
Advertisement for women and children's clothing, handkerchiefs, and collars made by an Iranian woman
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Haj Mirza ‘Ali Aqa Hariri's invoices, 1916 and 1930
Invoice for the purchase of different kinds of fabric and clothing (1916); and invoice for the production and repair of jewelry such as earrings, bracelets, and necklaces (1930)
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List of items delivered to Haji Khanum, 1914
List of items, including a variety of fabrics that ‘Amid Lashkar, on behalf of Haji Iskandar Khan Sawlat al-Sultan, has purchased from Karbalayi Taqi and delivered to Haji Khanum. If, in two and a half months, Karbalayi Taqi does not receive the cost of the items, which is seventy-three tumans and seven thousand dinars, from Iskandar Khan, ‘Amid Lashkar himself would be obliged to pay.
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Refuting the news of the sale of women and children in Morocco, 1913
The French army rejects the report of the sale of women and children in Morocco, claiming that only two or three small children had been sold and the children were found and returned to their families.
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