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Hashim to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from Hashim to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma which includes a report of how Shahnah (sheriff) Ghulam made her daughter, who was already the wife of Zawq‘ali, marry Shahnah (sheriff) Muhammad, son of Shahnah (sheriff) Haydar. After this unacceptable marriage, she and Shahnah (sheriff) Muhammad had to escape to Minab. Hashim asks Farmanfarma how to deal with the case of Shahnah (sheriff) Muhammad and his brother, Shahnah (sheriff) ‘Abbas.
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Inquiry about Iqbal al-Saltanah's bride, 1910
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests that the consulate in Tbilisi research the family to whom Iqbal al-Saltanah is related by marriage. The consulate responds that the bride is the second daughter of Panah Khan from Yerevan.
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Istifta’ about the obsessive Mulla and performing marriage
Istifta’ [seeking the opinion of a Muslim cleric] about an obsessive Mulla who washes himself naked in cold water to the degree that his finger nails bleed and his body is harmed. The author asks whether this man is allowed to perform a marriage ceremony and if he can lead congregational prayer. Ayatollah Sadiq ibn Muhammad Tabatabayi has written his answer: he is not qualified to lead the prayer, but performing the marriage ceremony depends on his knowledge, unless the obsession has affected his mental capacities as well.
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Jewish woman requests divorce from her Muslim convert husband, 1899
Petition by a Jewish woman whose husband, Mahdi, previously Jewish, has converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman. He does not agree to divorce his Jewish wife and demands she also convert to Islam, which she refuses to do.
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Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908
Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...
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Letter, 1903
The letter is about Qaysar Khan, an Afghan with British citizenship, who the writer claims has financial conflicts with some locals, such as Muhammad Husayn. ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas has agreed to give his daughter to Qaysar Khan in marriage. He gave eighty tumans and some clothes to ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas and his daughter, and has lived with [Ustad ʻAli's] daughter in his house for a month. The writer pleads with the receipient of the letter, claiming that action must be taken to punish Ustad ʻAli, who had gone to his house [in order to make the marriage legal], and he had told him that the...
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Munshi Bashi
Letters include the following: Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam writes to Mirza Hasan Khan Munshi Bashi about a trip to Tunikabun; about the division of a shipment of lettuce among family members; about the government's seizure of the properties of Qamar Khanum, daughter of Sa‘d al-Saltanah; Mirza Hasan instructs Munshi Bashi to give 700 tumans to Rafʻat al-Saltanah Mulkara, wife of his deceased father, Mirza Masʻud Shaykh al-Islam, to settle a family inheritance dispute; about the state of affairs since the constitutional revolution, and the efforts of his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, to get him to...
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Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...
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Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn's petition about his wife's escape, 1927
Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn the tailor writes to Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Aqa Mujtahid regarding the deception of his wife by Haji Shaykh Hasan and Ja‘far, mentioning that his last petition had led to the woman's arrest, but Haji Shaykh fled off with her and forged a marriage contract with the help of Ja‘far. The writer asks for the capture of Haji Shaykh Hasan and his punishment according to Shari‘a law.
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Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century
Letters include the following: a report on earnings from Farmanfarma's properties, a letter about a meeting with Farmanfarma, a letter concerning an order for bullets, a report on crop sales, a letter about Sayf Allah Mirza and financial matters, a letter about a meeting with Nizam al-‘Ulamaʼ, a telegraph sent by Bahaʼ al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a letter from the mother of Nasir al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a unidentified party's letter about death of a spouse, a letter from an unidentified party to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan Mustawfi, a letter from an unidentified woman about...
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