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Telegram from ʻAbd al-Majid to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Regarding the murder of the wife of Imam ʻAli from Harsin and whether he is accused of the murder
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Two letters to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The first letter is from Muʻtamad al-Sultan Muhammad Taqi Khan Sarhang (colonel) responding to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma's request regarding the complaint by Karamʻali (from Harsin)'s wife. The second letter is a petition against Karamʻali (from Harsin). Both letters include a report of sexual assault towards a woman by a few men from Luristan.
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Copy of the telegram from Sahib Khanum to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1912
Sahib Khanum (from Tuysirkan) talks about her husband, Iʻzam al-Mamalik (from Tuysirkan), being forced to go to Hamadan and then Tehran because of the animosity of the princes from Tuysirkan, and their pillage and plunder, and their appointing Jaʻfar Quli Mirza as the Governor of Tuysirkan regardless of the consequences. She mentiones that her son, ʻAlikhan, along with seven more men, was murdered, and asks ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma for justice.
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Telegram from ʻAbd al-Majid to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Regarding the fact that the mourning of the late Vali Khan is not yet over, and that Amir Aslan and the people of Qasim Khan have bothered his wife and children and injured two of them. The author requests the addressee to investigate this issue as soon as possible.
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Husayn al-Husayni to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Husayn al-Husayni reports to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about several events, including a contagious disease in Najaf, Karbala’, and Kazimayn and the battle happening in Mandalij and inquiries about it. The author also writes about the story of a woman who asks Ahmad Khan to help her get divorced from her ill Ottoman husband. Ahmad Khan had given her a place to stay but then he and his son raped her. After her complaint, Ahmad Khan and his son were expelled from Mandalij. Now an investigator has come to Mandalij for the case and asks the woman to show up in court again to answer some...
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Fath Allah Rasad Bashi to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1914
Discusses the looting of the author's belongings, delivering his weapon to Hamadan, moving to Tehran and his financial problems, serving Najm al-Saltanah, and asks the addressee to either send him the looted belongings or let him know what to do
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Mustafa to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1913
Mustafa reports about the city, including the story of taking several prostitutes to the house of Haj Shaykh Baqir Mujtahid to execute Shariʻah law. He also talks about the harassment of a Jewish woman. The author has sent two copies of this report, one to Tehran and the other to Tabriz.
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List of telegrams from ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma from December 1911 - January 1912
Including the arrival of Nasir al-Dawlah's son, staying with him until they get to Zanjan, and sending him to Tehran from there; his concern about Najm al-Saltanah's well-being; receiving ‘Abbas Mirza's telegram, staying in Amir Afshar's house, and leaving for Zanjan; arriving in Zanjan, the telegraph office in Zanjan being destroyed by bandits, and an order to send a new telegraph machine immediately
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Muhammad Taqi Nizam Mafi to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1910 or 1911
Muhammad Taqi Nizam Mafi writes to his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah. He comments on the murder of Sayyid ‘Abd Allah, talks about the weather in Finland, the son of Farmanfarma, and how his skill in speaking Persian has declined since he has moved from Switzerland.
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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...