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Asad Allah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
Includes a report according to which Amir Husayn Mirza and Abu al-Hasan Mirza plundered Mustafa Quli Khan's property and peasants' belongings in Khalajrud village. They also injured a woman and a man. The author asks ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma for help.
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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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Infant's death, 1911
A woman from Kirmanshah claims that when she requested her money from Haji ‘Isa, he ordered his servant Farhad to beat her, which caused her one-month-old infant to fall and die an hour later while she was at the police station.
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Letter from Ma‘sumah to Iran-i naw, 1909
Regarding the murder of her husband, Majid, by A‘zam al-Dawlah
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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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Letter of greetings and news of war
Letter about family related news and news of the progression of the war [World War I], talking about fasting in the month of Ramazan, the writer's letter to the addressee sent with Aqa Sadr, for which s/he had not received any response. S/he talks about the news of the German and Ottoman forces progressing into Iran and taking control of Kirmanshah and Hamadan and moving toward Tehran and how this news has raised the price of goods in the city; the highway robbers from Fars; the British moving towards Isfahan, and finally the hot weather in the city. The writer ends the letter with sending...
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Letter to Salar Lashkar, 1903
A number of Ottoman residents complain about being pillaged by Iranians. In the margin, Salar Lashkar requests an investigation and compensation for the Ottomans.
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Telegram from Asad Allah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Concerning the deeds of Salar al-Dawlah in Kirmanshah including appointing Pasha Khan as the Governor of Hamadan and Baqir Khan Kakavand as the governor of Kangavar, Khazal, and Asadabad. The author mentions that Salar al-Dawlah, accompanied by one thousand soldiers, went to Kangavar and Hamadan, and the residents of Kangavar ran to the Imamzadah out of fear. The author sent his household to Malayir.
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Telegram from Gul Andam, 1903
Regarding bribery by Isma‘il Khan to Hashim Khan, an officer; the author asks the addressee to summon her so that she can bring the child's corpse with her to help with the investigation
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Telegram from Kadkhuda Fayz Allah, 1904
Khadkhuda (village chief) Fayz Allah's telegram about the looting of his belongings; three peasants have been injured, a woman has been assaulted, and he asks the addressee for an investigation and justice