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Mirza Vali's acknowledgement on receiving his daughter's inheritance
Mirza Vali Kalantar's acknowledgement of receiving the inheritance and mahr of his daughter, Nizakat Khanum, wife of Imamquli Mirza. Written on the envelope: "a copy of the telegram from the daughters and wives of the deceased Riza Quli Mirza to Iyalat-i Kubra [governor general] on Amirabad and the reply from Iyalat-i Kubra." The document reads, in part: "In the name of God, ʻAlijah Mirza Vali Kalantar, of the Muqaddam tribe from Savuj Bulagh, acknowledged that his daughter was Nizakat Khanum, the wife of Imamquli Mirza the ruler, and that he has received his share of her inheritance and...
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Lawyer's notes
One side: Settlement and divorce agreement between ‘Ali Akbar Saqat-furush (vendor), son of Haji Muhammad Riza Tajir (merchant) from Kazirun, and his wife, Khanum Zaman; the other side: A note about the dispute over the ownership of Bustan-i Shahab Abad
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Question from Mirza Sadiq
Istifta’ [request for the opinion of a Muslim cleric] from Mirza Sadiq about two subjects. The first asks if a will is valid if a testator wills that his children spend the revenue from his property on his behalf but the inheritors are all female, or if all the children die and the only inheritor is the wife, or if that the inheritors could not execute the will. The second question is about disinheriting one's child.
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Note from Hajiyah Zivar Sultan's lawyer, 1903
Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, lawyer of Hajiyah Zivar Sultan (the late Haji Muhammad's inheritor), claims that Mashhadi Abu al-Qasim Bulur-furush [the crystal dealer], son of Mashhadi Muhammad Husayn from Shiraz, owes forty-eight tumans to the late Haji Muhammad, but Mashhadi Abu al-Qasim Bulur-furush claims that he has already paid the debt. At the bottom of the document, Hajiyah Zivar Sultan's claim has been denied.
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Letter regarding a baseless claim
Letter written by Mulla Aqa Khan's lawyer in defense of his client over the baseless claim made by Haji Muhammad, Hajiyah Fatimah Sultan, and Ruqiyah Sultan Khanum about an inherited warehouse and what they owe to Mulla Aqa Khan, and asking for more evidence and documents.
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Petition to execute a will, 1906
Petition of Haji Nasr Allah, resident of Bazar-i Murgh neighborhood, and Aqa Mulla Ghulam Riza, resident of Sarbagh neighborhood, written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, resident of Lab-i Ab neighborhood, requesting the rent of one-third of ‘Ali Abad Zahirak village to be spent as the late Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan Tajir [the merchant] had asked, based on her father's will.
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Letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, 1896
A letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, a merchant from Isfahan, about the shares of inheritance and what has already been taken by [his] mother, late brother, and late sister, a list of all the properties and their values, and the unfairness toward the writer’s two children.
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Attorney's notes
Draft of attorney's notes in response to the appeal regarding four claims that Mirza Lutf Allah made against his client
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Petition regarding inheritance
Petition written by Haji Muhammadi, Karbalayi Muhammad Karim, Karbalayi Jalil [Khalil?], and Agha Bibi, children of the late Haji Muhammad Ja‘far Razzaz [the rice dealer], to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa-yi Haji, prayer-leader of Fars, in order to resolve the issue of their father's inheritance; now that their oldest brother, Karbalayi ‘Ali, is also deceased, their other brother, Karbalayi Majid, has falsely claimed the ownership of their father’s stable, rice selling store, and bakery.