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Letter regarding Balqays Khanum's complaint, 1909
Letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Balqays Khanum's claim against a bank that auctioned a mill she had mortgaged
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Navvab al-Hajiyah's claim documents, 1910
Documents related to the claim by Aqa Sayyid Razi, with the power of attorney from Navvab al-Hajiyah (wife of Mabrur al-Saltanah), against Navvab Asghar Mirza Sa‘id Nizam, regarding the mahr of Navvab al-Hajiyah's daughter, worth two thousand one hundred and ten tumans; including a power of attorney and court subpoenas
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Documents about the punishment of the marriage cleric of Muhammad Bayg's wife
Documents include a report explaining that Gurgin Khan Shujaʻ Lashgar kidnapped Muhammad Bayg Dashti's wife when Muhammad Bayg was still alive and married her. After the arrival of Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir to Margavar village, he summons the cleric who officiated this marriage ceremony and orders that his hands be cut off; a report from Urumiyah about the punishment of this cleric and about the feud between Muhammad Bayg's brothers and Gurgin Khan's brothers; and a request to confirm the truth of the punishment, which asks that it be sent to Tehran in code in order to inform the embassy of...
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Correspondence regarding Muluk Khanum's complaint, 1916
Regarding the complaint by Muluk Khanum (a national of Russia), daughter of Fatimah Khanum and Mirza Ibrahim Khan Amin al-Vizarah, and wife of Bahadur Bayg from Qarab Bagh, against Haji ‘Abd Allah Khan, her mother's uncle, over Amin al-Vizarah's share of the property owned by the late Ustad ‘Abd Allah (Fatimah Khanum's father). Documents include Muluk Khanum's petition; correspondence between the Russian Consulate in Tehran and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Muluk Khanum's power of attorney to Amin al-Shari‘ah from Taliqan; court subpoenas and reports; an inquiry to verify the sale of...
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Correspondence regarding Amirzadeh Khanum's complaint against Atabak's inheritors, 1910
Regarding Amirzadah Khanum's complaint against Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan and other inheritors of Atabak over three thousand tumans for her share from Imam Jum‘ah caravansary in Mashhad; Amirzadah Khanum's attorney is Sayyid Muhammad Husayn and Shaykh ‘Ali is the attorney for Atabak's inheritors.
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Documents related to Sakinah Khanum's claim against Afrasiyab Khan, 1915 to 1916
Regarding a claim by Sakinah Khanum, wife of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali from Sabzivar, against Afrasiyab Khan (Alexander), son of Comte de Monte Fort, over two white horses. She presents an affidavit and a settlement in which her daughter, Kawkab Khanum, has transferred ownership of the two horses to her along with their accessories and a carriage. Haji Riza Gari-chi (coachman) from Shiraz, son of Rustam Khan, had transferred the mentioned items to his wife, Kawkab Khanum, for her mahr of one hundred fifty tumans. On the other hand, Afrasiyab Khan states that Haji Riza had sold him the two horses...
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Petitions and requests submitted to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Munshi Bashi
Petitions and requests, including the following: one to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam petitioning for assistance in recovering Fatimah Sultan Khanum's share of her father's inheritance. Fatimah Sultan Khanum was the daughter of Haj Muhammad Baqir, the sister of Yumn al-Saltanah, and the wife of Asad Allah Sarhang. Another is a petition to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami about the division of inheritance and the reply; another is a petition to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam from the mother of a murdered man; in another, an unidentified woman asks Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to intervene in an...
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Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...