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Naz Afarin’s gravestone, 1947
Gravestone of Naz Afarin, daughter of Mulla ‘Abdul
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Gul Nisa’s gravestone, 1886
Gravestone of Gul Nisa’, daughter of Mahmud
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Baygum’s gravestone
Gravestone of Baygum, daughter of the late Nawruz
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Gravestone of a woman, 1783
Gravestone of ‘Iffat Panah [?], daughter of Bayg Chachi Darvish ‘Ali Tawfi
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Question and answer
After the death of the writer’s father, his inheritors become responsible for his debts. As the father's debts exceeded what he was owed by others, the mother sells all her property and belongings to pay the debts. After a while, she claims the money from the writer and Kalantar Khan, who decide, with the permission of the sisters, to give the father’s remaining belongings to the mother. Then, one of the sisters, Ghazal, and then the mother, passed away. Now the inheritors are Kalantar Khan, one sister, and the writer. He is wondering if they should give some part of the inheritance to...
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Settlement between daughter of Mirza ‘Arab‘ali and her son, 1870
Settlement between the daughter of Mirza ‘Arab‘ali and her older son, Haj Mirza Sayyid Husayn, over a property for thirty tumans, with the condition that Mirza Sayyid Husayn, with the supervision of his brother (Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali) and sister, pay for taʻziyah expenses after their mother’s death.
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Settlement regarding the debt and share of inheritance, 1938
Shamsi Taj Khanum, daughter of Muntasir Asadi, and her husband, Mirza Muhammad Riza Imam Saffari, settled their claims regarding Shamsi Taj Khanum’s share of inheritance and twelve thousand and five hundred rials owed to Mirza Muhammad Riza Imam Saffari, with her mother and brother, Ahmad ‘Ali Khan, in exchange for a residential building and 3 jaribs [unit of land area] of a farm.
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Power of attorney from Fatimah Baygum and ‘Ali Akbar to Haj Muhammad Hasan, 1863
Fatimah Baygum and her brother Aqa ‘Ali Akbar, children of Aqa Muhammad Husayn Karbalayi from Sar Chanah, give the power of attorney to their cousin, Haj Muhammad Hasan, regarding the inheritance from their brother, Aqa Zayn al-‘Abidin, who died in Nahavand on his way to the shrines in Iraq. They are asking for the remaining two-thirds of Aqa Zayn al-‘Abidin’s assets, after one-third of it is spent on the funeral. They also mention that if something happens to Haj Muhammad Hasan, he can assign another attorney to do the work.
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Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum
Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum about the hardships he and his children went through despite his hard work reciting Rawzah and writing prayers in Yazd for ten months to make money. Then, he talks about his decision to go back to his hometown as he was not able to provide for his family in the harsh cold weather, and how he has lost his wife on the way and his two sons have become ill. He asks for Navvabah Safa’ Khanum’s generosity to get support for the expenses of their trip.