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Farkhundah Arvand to Muhammad Husayn Arvand, 1951
Farkhundah Arvand writes to her husband, Muhammad Husayn Arvand, recounting the way she noticed a tumor in her breast, her visits to the doctors, the electrotherapy sessions, and her irritability because of all this. She describes the treatment cost in detail and her need for money. She mentions that she cannot ask her brother since he is not there and describes her conversation with Muhammad Shafi‘, his initial unwillingness to give her her husband's salary and ultimate approval of sending her half of the next month's salary. She continues by noting that she has also run out of that money...
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‘Abd al-Karim's will, 1895
The will of ‘Abd al-Karim Sahib Dihdashti, the merchant from Shiraz and son of Muhammad Ibrahim Dihdashti the merchant. He has appointed the following four people as the executors of his will and as the guardians for his underage children: Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali (son of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin Shirazi the merchant), his [‘Abd al-Karim's] wife (daughter of Mirza Muhammad Riza Dihdashti the merchant), Haj Sayyid Isma‘il Shabankarah the merchant (son of Sayyid ‘Ali Shabankarah and resident of Bushihr), and Haj Ghulam ‘Ali Bihbahani the merchant (son of Mashhadi Riza the merchant). ‘Abd al-Karim has...