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Arrest of a woman carrying a gun, 1911
Daughter of Haji Muhammad Ibrahim from Baghdad, an Ottoman national, divorced her husband, Sayyid Hasan from Ganjah. Her brother-in-laws were plotting to kill her, therefore she carried a gun. She was arrested when she went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a legal issue.
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Arrest of ‘Aziz Aqa for carrying a gun, 1911
‘Aziz Aqa, a female entertainer, purchased a six-shooter carrier after the brothers of her divorced husband, Sayyid Hasan from Ganjah, had threatened to kill her. She was arrested for carrying the gun on her way to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Asad Allah Khan's wife taking refuge at the Russian embassy, 1909
Asad Allah Khan's newly converted and pregnant wife has sought refuge at the Russian embassy, and despite Asad Allah Khan's complaint, she was sent back to Russia.
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Cyprus travelogue of Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi with a tablet collection inventory, 1950
This notebook describes Qamar Taj Dawlatabadi's travel to Cyprus in February/March 1950 to see Subh-i Azal's family. Qamar Taj was accompanied on this trip by her sister, Fakhr Taj Dawatabadi. There are three inventories at the end of the travelogue: a tablet inventory in the original handwriting; a tablet inventory in Sayyid Husayn Katib's handwriting; and books in the original handwriting and others in iron suitcase.
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Deceived girls, 1909
I‘tibar al-Mulk's sons have deceived and hidden Fatimah Sultan's daughter and her cousin
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Feud over abduction and forced marriage, 1911
About the abduction and forced marriage of a girl by Iqtidar al-Saltanah and resulting feud between two clans; a sit-in by the father and his clan at a guesthouse requesting help from the Russian consulate; the consulate's claim of shooting at the guesthouse and their demand of one thousand tumans compensation from the government
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Fragment of a report related to Mirza Hashim Khan's sit-in at the British Embassy
A two-page fragment of a report, related to Mirza Hashim Khan's sit-in at the British Embassy, protesting the detention of his wife, Parvin Khanum, in her brother's house.
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Girls school in Shah Abad, 1910
Announcing enrollment for the school opened by a French female teacher, and information about programs and tuition
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Report of the Fars Police Department, 1918
Discusses preventing women leaving town during the afternoon and stopping the carriage of Khanum Fakhtah and her servant
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Russian flag, 1909
A woman's criticism of the houses with Russian flags over their entrances
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