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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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Complaint against Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman camp, 1915
Includes a petition to the Majlis regarding the harassment by Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman army in Karand, ruining and pillaging villages, the arrest and execution of the people of the Kalhur, Sanjabi, and Guran clans, and the capture of fifty women from the families residing in the vicinity of the Karand caravansary and accusing them of theft. Also includes a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ra’uf Bayg and Ottomans harassing people who live near the borders and the attack by Isma‘il Haqi Bayg on the Sanjabi clan, ruining and setting fire to the village of Hajim...
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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...
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Mullabashi Taliqani's daughter
Ibrahim Khan's wife wanted to go to the public bath, but her husband refused to let her. While they were disputing, a relative of the husband arrived and the two men killed the wife, disposing of her body that same night. After a few days, when the corpse was found, her father, Haj Mullabashi Taliqani identified her and found out that the couple had had a fight on the day of the murder. He asked Husayn Khan to investigate the case. The documents involve Husayn Khan's reports to the Majlis, correspondence among the Majlis, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, and...
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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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Interrogation of Hasan Aqa about removing virginity of a female servant, 1915
Questions and answers between the provincial ruler of Azarbayjan and Hasan Aqa, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim Khvajah, regarding removing virginity of a female servant.
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Legal documents belonging to Banu-yi Ashraf and Fatimah Khanum
Legal documents of Banu-yi Ashraf and Fatimah Khanum (Karbalayi Khanum), including: power of attorney from Fatimah Khanum and Ashraf al-Muluk [Banu-yi Ashraf] to Najaf Quli Mirza Aqa Sardar (Banu-yi Ashraf's uncle) to follow up the case of Ashraf al-Mulk's murder; settlement between Fatimah Khanum and Banu-yi Ashraf on behalf of children of Ashraf al-Muluk with Khan Baba Khan regarding Laktarashan's qanat and well; power of attorney from Fatimah Khanum and Ashraf al-Muluk [Banu-yi Ashraf] to ‘Abd al-Baqi Mirza Mu‘azid al-Dawlah Mu‘izzi (Banu-yi Ashraf's uncle) to sell two houses in Sangalaj...
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Letter about Major Imbrie's injury
Letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister reporting the murder of the U.S Vice Consul in Iran, Major Imbrie. According to the report, after the news of a miracle at the Saqqa Khanah on Shaykh Hadi avenue arrived and people start gathering in front of the Saqqa Khanah, Major Imbrie, along with another American friend, went to the scene and started photographing the crowd. Some people who were offended by the fact that their women were being photographed attacked him. He was injured and was taken to the police hospital and, despite the attempts of European and Iranian doctors, died after...
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Letter from Elizabeth Stewart to Isabella Brittingham, 1917
About the death of Tahirah Qurrat al-ʻAyn as told to Dr. Moody, by Hasan Adib
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar; discusses receiving a twenty-five tuman promissory note via the merchant of Dilmaqan and delivering it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah, the delay in the payment of their salaries and other work-related issues, the cold weather, leveling of the roads, the new street, demolition of Nawbar bazaar; notes that the repairs have not yet reached their neighborhood and that the writer has not received any news from the villages because of the cold weather and closed roads; reports that Muhammad Khan and Haji ‘Abd Allah Khan have come on foot and that Sawlat...
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