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Petition about a father-in-law's debt, 1905
Petition of Muhammad Riza Banna’ [the mason] to the prayer leader of Fars regarding his father-in-law's debt to him and the fact that not only has he taken his wife to his home for twenty days, but also he has complained about him to Salar al-Sultan Biglarbaygi. The writer asks the addressee to write a note confirming his presence with the addressee every day.
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Petition of I‘tibar al-Dawlah's wife regarding her poverty, 1904
Petition of the wife of I‘tibar al-Dawlah to Shaykh [illegible] regarding her and her deceased husband's poverty, asking him to review the testimony of the people who have confirmed this and add his own comment. Shaykh has written a note confirming I‘tibar al-Dawlah’s poverty.
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Settlement between Karbalayi Muhammad Husayn and Rubab Sultan, 1899
Settlement between Karbalayi Muhammad Husayn, son of Karbalayi Rajab ‘Ali from Shiraz, and Rubab Sultan, daughter of Muhammad Ibrahim from Shiraz and wife of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, over selling a house, located in Sarduzak neighborhood of Shiraz, for one hundred and twelve tumans, five hundred dinars, and one man [unit of weight] of hard sugar for the cost of detriments. On the margin, Rubab Sultan notes that she made the above settlement on behalf of her husband, Haji ‘Abd al-Karim son of ‘Ali ‘Askar from Shiraz, and has no rights to benefit from this settlement.
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Petition
Petition addressed to Nazim al-Sultan on behalf of Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim Kaliskah-chi [carriage driver], who has been sentenced to pay six hundred tumans to his wife, Hajiyah Ruqiyah Sultan; however, the writer is witness to Hajiyah Ruqiyah Sultan’s deposition that she has not given any money to her husband and has settled all her entitlements. The writer also emphasizes Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim's financial hardship.
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Deposition about debt, 1900
Karbalayi Abu al-Qasim Nahhas [the copper seller], son of Karbalayi Zayn al-‘Abidin Nahhas, confirms that he owes two hundred tumans to his wife Bibi Ruqiyah, daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad Riza ‘Attar [the herbalist], which he will pay back in five years. He also puts one-third of a house in the Sarbagh neighborhood of Shiraz as a security deposit until he pays his debt completely.
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Petition to collect husband's rights
Copy of the petition written by the wife of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band [silk dealer] from Shiraz to the governor of Fars asking him to retrieve her entitlement from a sale agreement between her husband and Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Muhammad Hasan Khan Sartip [brigadier], son of the late Fath‘ali Khan from Nayriz, over one-sixth of Hasanabad farm of Nayriz
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Letter from attorney about Rubab Sultan's house
Letter written by the attorney of Rubab Sultan, wife of Haji ‘Ali Akbar, about her house that Haj Mirza Habib Allah wants to take from her for half of its real price
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Petition to replace underage children's guardian, 1905
Petition written by Bibi Sughra Sultan, daughter of the late Muhammad Kazim Qannadi [baker of sweets] and one of wives of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band's [the silk dealer] from Shiraz (son of Haj Muhammad Karim ‘Alaqah-band), to Haji Shaykh Yahya, the prayer leader of Fars, about inadequacy of Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan Salih and one of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band's wives, in handling the responsibilities of the deceased Haji's underage children and the request to replace Hajiyah Zivar Sultan as the children's guardian. The receiver of the petition...
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Settlement of inheritance, 1906
Settlement of Aqa Mirza Pilah-var [retailer], son of the late Mashhadi Isma‘il, on behalf of Bibi Nush Afarin (daughter of the late Aqa Sayyid Yusuf and wife of the late Aqa Sayyid Ramazan) and on behalf of the inheritors of the late Haji ‘Abbas Pilah-var, and Mirza Muhammad Riza, on behalf of Khanum [illegible], with Haji Yusuf Sifid-gar [tinker] over the inheritance of the late Haji ‘Abbas for four hundred and seventy-two tumans and some wheat. The detriment fee was one hundred dinars and some wheat.
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Letter
Letter about the writer's illness and loneliness, a fifty-two year old woman who wants to get married, discontent about staying in Shiraz, promising to send orange seedlings before Nawruz, complaining about the mujtahid who has instructed the addressee's sister to ask for alimony, and some other news