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Zahra Khanum's will, 1920
Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, the daughter of the late Haji Allahyar Ganjah and the wife of Haji ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the merchant from Ganjah, makes a claim against her brother, Mulla Najaf, regarding her inheritance from her father and her mother, Bibi Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mustafa. Because all of Mulla Najaf's properties have been in a state of ruin due to the unrest in Caucasus and their value has depreciated since his death, Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, thinking of her brother's children, has settled her claims with them: Mashhadi Musayyab Aqa, Mashhadi Haji Bayg Aqa, and Muhammad Hasan...
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‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892
Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father's death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own...
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Determining the shares of Muhammad'uf brothers and their nephew
In three copies: four Muhammad'uf brothers, Haj Baba, the late Haj ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the late Aqa ‘Ali Asghar, and the late Aqa Mashhadi Najaf, jointly owned the real estate business covering properties in Azarbayjan and Islambul [Istanbul]. At the date of this document three of the partners are deceased and their properties have been transferred to their inheritors, who are as listed: Haj ‘Ali Akbar's inheritors: Haj Javad Aqa, Aqa Zayn al-‘Abidin (who has transferred his share to Haj Javad Aqa), Khadijah Khanum, and Zahra Khanum; Aqa Mashhadi Najaf's inheritors: Aqa Muhsin Aqa, Aqa Mahmud...
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Correspondence between Hasan Aqa and the Ministry of Justice, 1923 to 1926
Petition (in two copies) by Aqa Hasan Aqa the merchant, a resident of Tabriz, to the preliminary court of the Justice Department in Azarbayjan (November 16, 1923) regarding Haji Baba's belongings, which should be divided into five shares and given to the following: Aqa Hasan Aqa (the petitioner); Haji ‘Ali Akbar's inheritors (his wife Shikar Khanum and his children: Haji Javad Aqa, Aqa Zaynal, Khadijah Khanum, and Zahra Khanum); Aqa ‘Ali Asghar's inheritors (Aqa Riza, Kubra Khanum, and Asiyah Khanum [‘Ali Asghar's wife] who later married Haji Baba; Mashhadi Najaf's inheritors (Sughra...