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Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrin, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to Haydarlu village, includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his...
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899
Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...
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Documents about the murder of Rashid's daughter
Documents include: letter of consent between Muhammad Rashid, son of Lutf Allah, and Ahmad, son of Muhammad ʻAli. Muhammad Rashid asserts her daughter's murder by Ahmad was unintentional (October 13, 1921); a request to drop Ahmad Khan's charge of murder of Rashid's daughter and instead charging ʻAli Muhammad (chief of village) as the murderer; a report [by the overseer of Miraki village] about the murder of Rashid's daughter by Ahmad and his escape, according to which Aqa Jan, Ahmad's brother, attempted to persuade him to kill Rashid's daughter, after which Aqa Jan gained Rashid's consent...
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Fragment of Subh-i Azal's Biography
A fragment of Subh-i Azal's biography, written by ‘Atiyah Ruhi, which covers his life from childhood until his exile to Cyprus.
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Letter from Molitor to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Letter from the head of the Kurdistan and Kirmanshahan Customs, Molitor, regarding Mas‘ud Khan, the Custom officer of Mahi Dasht, who took a woman with a bad reputation to Mahi Dasht and was laid off work as a consequence; Mas‘ud Khan has a gun and bullets but he has not yet returned them. Molitor asks Shahzadah Sa‘id al-Sultan to take the guns and ammunition from Mas‘ud Khan and hand them over to the Custom Office, but nothing was done; the author asks the recipient to order Mas‘ud Khan to hand over the gun and bullets.
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Petition of Halimah and her daughter, Jamilah, 1905
A petition by Halimah Khanum, the wife of ʻAli Khan Vali (the procurement officer in Kirkuk), and her daughter, Jamilah, in which they ask the government of Iran to help them after her husband was killed and their proprty ransacked. The other document is a copy of a reply from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs written by Nasr Allah Mushir al-Dawlah, in which he tells them that the Shah is unable to respond as he is away on a trip and will be notified once he is back. He also informs them that he will send them whatever he can by way of the procurement officer of Kurdistan.
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Petition regarding a burglary, 1910
Petition by Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Muhammad from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Interior regarding the burglary of his house as they were preparing for his deceased wife’s ceremony. One hundred-fifty tumans and some household items were stolen, which were traced back to a nearby house. The suspect is one of the four residents of the house and is named ‘Aziz. He claims to be an Ottoman national, but the writer asserts that he is a peasant from Rashih-Dih village in Marivan, Kurdistan. He complains against Mujarrab al-Dawlah, the government official who has freed the suspect.
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Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan
Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan: one from Maymunabad villagers objecting to Bihjat Khanum's way of dividing donkeys--Bihjat Khanum is the wife of Saʻid al-Sultan; one by Ziba Vaziri, a relative of Asif Aʻzam, requesting payment of the revenue of half of Amirabad [village] following Rustam Khan (her husband)'s death and asking for ʻAli Muhammad Bayg's help— ʻAli Muhammad Bayg is Ziba Vaziri's overseer and Ziba Khanum claims that she inherited half of the village from her late husband, but in this petition she is merely asking for revenue and not for the half of the village itself;...
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Raʻna Khanum's death
The writer complains about the death of Raʻna Khanum and mentions that Gulbaghi people have raped women.
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Regarding Fatimah Khanum's complaint, 1903-1904
Including 1- Fatimah Khanum’s petition regarding the killing of her husband, ‘Alikhan, who was an Iranian government official, and the theft of his belongings. Fatimah Khanum is at a loss to provide for her children and requests a pension; 2- The petition’s envelope with a note on the margin addressed to Atabak A‘zam; 3- A letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Dabir Hazrat, the government official in Sulaymaniyah, advising him to inform Fatimah Khanum that she or her attorney should visit Kirkuk and file a claim so that the Iranian government could inquire to the Ottoman government...
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