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Correspondence related to Siqat al-Saltanah Saduqi and Mirza Isma‘il Khan Saduqi, 1924-1925
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Family letter, 1913
Addressed to a brother, regarding household expenses and other financial matters; Sadiqah catching smallpox and her recovery; the colonel's letter from Mecca; having no news from Muntasir; the annual mourning ceremony; the sister sending her greetings and wondering about the addressee's promise to send lamb for Sadiqah and chicken for Safiyah; Fatimah Khanum's hardship in the winter and asking for some allowance for her; carrying the corpse of the sister and letting Muhammad Khan know that he is responsible for the expenses.
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1914
Hamid al-Sultan to [Mirza Abu Turab Khan] ‘Amid Lashkar, the pay master of the Qahramaniyah regiment in Tabriz, bearing Hamid al-Sultan's seal and regarding: some debts and other financial matters; taking back his gun, which ‘Ali Akbar Khan had kept for safekeeping; his debt to Nanah; missing the dear ones; whether Safiyah still remembers him; Dabir al-Sultan's bringing his family to Urumiyah, though Hamid al-Sultan does not think it is wise; his worry about Safiyah and her illness; inquiring about the price of charcoal and butter; getting his document back from the female broker; sending...
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1914
Hamid al-Sultan to [Mirza Abu Turab Khan] ‘Amid Lashkar, the pay master of the Qahramaniyah regiment in Tabriz, regarding: payment of Nanah's loan; sending an allowance for the household; Ma‘sumah Khanum's loan; his sending two letters, one for ‘Amid Lashkar and another for his household, via Mashhadi ‘Ali ‘Abbas; sending four photos of himself, one as a memento to ‘Amid Lashkar, a box for the dear ones, some nuql [candy], and pussy willow; requesting that ‘Amid Lashkar forbid his sister to speak with Riza Quli from behind the door and to send Sadiqah with the answers when Riza Quli comes;...
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Letter and envelope with Hamid's seal, addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar the secretary of the army brigade; about: receiving the 26-tuman promissory note via Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Dilmaqan and delivering it to ‘Amid Lashkar's mother to pay off his debts; Habib Allah Sultan's nausea and dizziness due to breathing the gas from the kursi charcoal; baking homemade bread from flour and Sultan's order to bring wheat from the village; other issues regarding letters, Muqtadir's assignments, etc.; ‘Ali Asghar Khan's suggestion for ‘Amid Lashkar's marriage noted in Mirza Muhammad Khan's...
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Letter
The writer mentions the addressee's complaint about low income and high expenses, though he is personally grateful and content; notes Sarkar ‘Aliyah's objection to borrowing from ‘Arabuf; reports sending a pair of socks, a handkerchief, an outfit, and an undergarment, some political news, and the inability of Karbala’iyah Sattarah, Haji Mir Muhammad, and their children to travel to the ‘Atabat due to road closures.
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Written on behalf of the addressee's mother, asking her/him to return to the city; discusses providing firewood and charcoal; placing the trees in their appropriate places; having received one hundred and thirty tumans in cash via Vakil [the representative]; paid the debt to the butcher.
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Letter
About the writer's dispute with Haji Khan Yavar regarding the lands in villages of Qarasqal and ‘Ali Abad; the writer reports having bought the land for more than it was worth to help Haji Khan repay his debt to Mahdi Bayg's daughter, but that Haji Khan has not yet paid the debt and Mahdi Bayg is now asking for his daughter's money from the writer. S/he asks Sarkar Vala to send someone to find Haji Khan and ask him to pay the debtt.
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Letter
Addressed to his brother; the writer expresses regret at neglecting his warning, says that he cannot go back to Tabriz because he has a good position in Tehran, claims that his brother and his-father-in-law were after his properties, describes the hardships he has faced, requests that the addressee help him manage the revenue and crops from the properties in Nahran, Khanqah, and Ganjinah Kitab, mentions his debt to Validah Maqami [a woman who is as a mother to him] and two other people, asks him to send the writer's family to Tehran to be with him, expresses the desire to cut financial ties...
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Letter
About receiving the envelopes addressed to Aqa-yi Muqtadir and Muntasir; in response to the addressee's request for a list of household expenses, the writer states that there is no such account, as no one has recorded the expenses and that the small debts have been paid off, except for that of Haji Isma‘il, which will be paid soon; points out the difference between their account and that of Haji Mir Muhammad and blames the addressee for the ambiguity; discusses paying two of the household's fifteen tumans to Fatimah Khanum; reassures the addressee that bread will be provided to the...