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Complaint about wife's abduction, 1911
Panus Ibn Sulayman Kaldani (Chaldean) from Tabriz claims that Monsieur Gausine, a Belgian national who manages the customs department in Azarbayjan, has abducted the writer's wife
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Complaint, 1910
A complaint regarding Husayn's intercourse with Qurban's wife
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Killing of man convicted of rape, 1911
He was shot by the police while attempting to escape confinement.
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Murder of wife, 1910
Mahdi ‘Attar (herbalist) kills his wife with a revolver.
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Polyandry in India, 1910
An article published in the German local newspaper, Anzeiger, talks about the custom of polyandry in certain tribes in India
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Power of attorney to divorce Sakinah Khanum and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1916
Karbalayi Muhammad, son of Darvish, gives the power of attorney to the writer to divorce his consummated wife, Sakinah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Kushi [?]. She, too, gives the the power of attorney to the writer for waiving her mahr and divorcing her husband.
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, sent from Rasht, about prayer and ablution after intercourse; power of attorney to perform divorce, marriage, and other legal contracts; ownership of dowries after the passing of either the parents or the daughter; responsibility for costs of food, medicine, and a doctor for a woman who is living in her parents' house
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Questions and answers, 1925
Questions for Shaykh ‘Abd al-Karim Mujtahid Ha’iri, regarding various issues related to prayers, fasts, and ablution after intercourse, as well as animal slaughter
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Shaykh Muhammad Hasan's petition, 1915
Petition by Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the representative from Garus, to the Majlis regarding the plunders and crimes committed by Salar al-Dawlah and others during the Majlis closure. The writer describes how Mirza, son of Bahram Khalifah from Gulbagh, attacked the village of Chishmah Kazim and put his father's building on fire, where people, including women, had taken shelter, and raped the women. While Mirza was arrested and taken to a Kurdistan court by Sardar Muhay, he was not punished and continues his crimes.