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Abduction of women in Azarbayjan, 1881
A report regarding the turmoil in Azarbayjan, describing how Ibrahim Aqa Mukri and his two sons abducted women in Miyanduʼab, including the daughter of Haji Husayn‘ali who was married to her cousin. Ultimately the abductors were found and punished, and Haji Husayn‘ali's daughter was released. The report states that additionally, Qa’im Maqam rescued other women abducted by the Piran and Mangur clans.
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Complaint against Fath al-Dawlah, 1920
Two brothers, Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli and ʻAli Akbar, complain to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, against Fath al-Dawlah, who left his wife, the sister of these two brothers, and his child 15 months ago. In this period, his child died and these two brothers, who have their own families to feed, must now provide for their sister too; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to this Ministry that Fath al-Dawlah, who works for the British and had been in Hamadan for business, had married, but left his wife after the business was completed. These brothers...
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Complaint by Sadiq Khan's wife, 1899
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks the Government of Kurdistan to summon Sadiq Khan from Kurdistan (who used to be Amir Nizam's agent in Tabriz) and demands he settle the status of his marriage. Six years ago, Sadiq Khan married a woman in Tehran and since then he has neither paid her alimony nor divorced her.
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Complaint by people of Saqqiz, 1915
Includes two petitions by the people of Saqqiz to the Majlis regarding the troubles caused by the new government, for instance housing the government riders in the peasants' houses and taking their household furnishings and never returning them, the evacuation of a residential place where about forty people, including women and children, lived, and sending agents to the peasant houses when the men are at work and the women are alone at home; along with a letter of inquiry from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior regarding these claims.
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Complaint by ‘Ali Ashraf and Ya‘qub's wife, 1930
A petition by ‘Ali Ashraf and the wife of Ya‘qub from Shukuh Abad, on the actions of Karimi, the steward in Shukuh Abad, claiming that he has colluded with the village chief to plunder the authors' properties and expel them from the village; and a letter from the Majlis to ‘Ali Ashraf and Ya‘qub's wife notifying them of sending their petition to the corresponding court
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Correspondence regarding Qadam Khayr's claims, 1915
Includes a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior urging them to investigate Qadam Khayr's complaint against Haji Mirza Abu al-Bashar who seized her belongings after her husband's death. In another letter, from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior, with a letter by Qadam Khayr attached, she renounces the previous claims; instead, she aknowledges Hujjat al-Islam Abu al-Bashar's gracefulness and calls for the arrest of the person who forged the initial petition.
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Correspondence regarding Tupuli Khanum's request, 1929
Includes Tupuli Khanum's petition to the Majlis demanding her husband, Lutf Allah, be exempt from military service. Lutf Allah, son of Miruz, is the sole breadwinner for their family of three children. There is also a Majlis summary report regarding the petition, and a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of War requesting their attention.
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Correspondence regarding the inheritance of Muhammad Mirza, 1901-1904
1- Muhammad Mirza, son of Mirza Aqa Baba from Yerevan, transfers all his belongings to Ahmad Aqa from Kirmanshah for ten years, with the provision that if Muhammad Mirza dies during this time, as the executor of his will, Haji Ahmad Aqa pays fifty tumans to Ma‘shumah Khanum and ten tumans to Gulabatun (Muhammad Mirza's wives); 2- Regarding Muhammad Mirza's death during the Hajj and a description of his belongings, which are partly kept with his wife and in his shop, as well as some cash that he gave to Haji Ja‘far during his trip; 3- A letter from the Government of Kurdistan to the Ministry...
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899
Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...
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Correspondence regarding the pension for ‘Abbas Khan's wife, 1903
Including 1- a petition by ‘Abbas Khan's wife, the former official in Sulaymaniyah, who worked for the Government of Iran but had Ottoman nationality, and neither government attended to his wife's rights. The Iranian Government has asked her to go to Kurdistan to receive a promissory note, but having ten children, she is not able to do so. She requests half of the payment in Sulaymaniyah. 2- A letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ‘Abbas Khan's wife states that according to the Shah's decree, ‘Abbas Khan is not eligible for any pensions and the hundred and twenty tumans he used to...
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