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‘Izz al-Saltanah's petition, 1901
Petition by ‘Izz al-Saltanah to the Ministry of Finance, referring to a note issued by Sardar Afkham when he was the governor of Rasht, which included payments of two thousand and seven hundred tumans to ‘Izz al-Saltanah, ‘Aziz al-Saltanah, and Fatimah Sultan Khanum and Mahbub al-Saltanah (two of Nasir al-Din Shah's wives); she describes the inconvenience they had endured after the execution of Sardar Afkham, receiving another bill from Mirza Fath Allah Khan, which they could not convert to cash, and the eventual loss of the note; ‘Izz al-Saltanah is asking for the note to be reissued.
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, sent from Rasht, about prayer and ablution after intercourse; power of attorney to perform divorce, marriage, and other legal contracts; ownership of dowries after the passing of either the parents or the daughter; responsibility for costs of food, medicine, and a doctor for a woman who is living in her parents' house
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Regarding Sayyidah Sultan's salary, 1911
Identity verification and salary form for Sayyidah Sultan, daughter of Sayyid Naqib al-Sadat, eighteen years old, from Gilan and residing in Rasht, for twenty tumans
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Regarding Bala Khanum and Hajiyah Khanum's salaries, 1910
Documents include letter of salary confirmation for Bala Khanum (daughter of Mashhadi Akbar) and her daughter, Hajiyah Khanum (daughter of Aqa Husayn); and their identity verification and salary forms
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Letters, 1904
The first letter, dated March 10, 1904, is about departing from Pusht-i Misar, getting the list of pottery makers from Haji Mirza Yahya, the well-being of people of the andarun, whose letters are enclosed, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa's recovery and the decrease of the epidemic in the city, the rain and cooling of the weather, and requesting an almond-shaped agate seal. Another letter, in which the writer refers to the addressee's letter from the previous month, is about Aqa Kuchak's recovery and the decrease of the epidemic, the Shah's visit to the city for the Salam ceremony, sending four mans [unit...
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Petition by Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, 1912 to 1917
Correspondence including petitions from ‘Aziz al-Saltanah [probably Nasir al-Din Shah's sister] and Mahbub al-Saltanah, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, and Farangis Khanum, Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, regarding their delinquent salaries, which were supposed to be issued in Gilan; they complain about Mukarram al-Dawlah's negligence. There are also letters from Mukarram al-Dawlah, the Ministries of Finance and Interior, and the Treasury Department.