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Letter from Haj Mahmud Khuyi to Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant of Khuy, 1916

Regarding financial and business issues, including the purchase of women's clothing, among other things; the writer also sends greetings to Fatimah Khanum.
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Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan

Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan, daughter of Filban Bashi [the elephant-keeper]: 1-a complaint letter in which she talks about how she was barred from entering the office of Ministers by the servants who receive orders from Ittila‘ al-Saltanah (head of the office) and Mirza Khalil (office secretary), both adversaries of her husband, saying that this is the order of the Prime Minister. She has also gone to the Russian Embassy to meet the ambassador, but was also barred from entering it. She complains that while everyone else can go to the Embassy and plead for justice, Zahra Sultan, whose children are considered nationals of Russia, are deprived of this right. She writes about her children's typhus and how she had visited Sadr al-‘Ulama’ about this and was forced to borrow money for their medication, and that Sadr al-‘Ulama’ also has written on her behalf to the Russian embassy to ask them to put pressure on the Iranian government to pay Zahra Sultan her money. She also warns that she will stage a sit-in in at Sadr al-‘Ulama’'s house. She also mentions that during the reign of Muzaffar al-Din Shah, the government had respected her rights. In the end, she asks the reader to send her back the documents she had sent her/him earlier; 2-a letter on the letterhead of the Russian Embassy, complaining about Zahra Sultan's pleas and the troubles that she has brought to the writer (dated 26 April, 1916); 3-a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister addressed to the Ministry of Finance, stating that, upon the approval of the cabinet, Filban Bashi's pension should, from now on, be paid to his daughter, Zahra Sultan (dated 16 August, 1917).
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Letter, 1924

Discusses: local news, including the delivery of the letters; Jalal Lashkar's visit; sending two pairs of socks with this letter; covering the pools; Sarkar ‘Illiyah taking care of everything; the departure of Aqa-yi Sawlat and others.
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Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1914

Includes a discussion about the sale of Najm al-Saltanah and Umm al-Khaqan properties and the interest of Qavam al-Dawlah and Ahmad Qavam in these properties
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924

About: asking Habib Allah to send pack animals to deliver wheat from the villages of Zaviyah and Varaqah; the 72 mans [unit of weight] of wheat received from Aqdagh, in spite of which the writer is undergoing hardship; other issues concerning finances, debts, and government assignments; the cold weather and snow; complaining of not having a female servant; Yusuf's disobedience and his punishment; inviting Muntasir Sultan and Sarkar ‘Illiyah; informing Sarkar ‘Illiyah of ‘Amid Lashkar's updates; sending greetings on behalf of Mustafa's mother and the children; Buyuk Khanum's education and her progress; Sultan bringing some unleavened bread and three chickens to the house, which is his way of attempting to avoid repaying the fifty tumans he owes; inquiring about receiving the socks; and informing ‘Amid Lashkar about the price of firewood increasing to 6 tumans a kharvar [100 mans, unit of weight].
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Letter of attorney about alimony for Haji Ghulam Husayn's daughter, 1916

Letter written by the attorney of Haji Ghulam Husayn Zari‘ [the farmer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ra’is al-‘Ulama’ regarding the amount of money that Mirza Lutf Allah paid to Haji Ghulam Husayn as alimony for Haji Ghulam Husayn's daughter (which had to be paid by Mirza ‘Abbas Khan, son of Mirza Lutf Allah Naqqash [the painter]), but Haji Ghulam Husayn refused to accept. The receiver responds that the amount not accepted by Haji Ghulam Husayn was one hundred and forty tumans, but the alimony was more than that.
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Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah to Mahmud Khan Nizam Mafi, 1911

Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah writes to his son, Mahmud Khan Nizam Mafi and discusses sending him his allowance and the rumor that Farmanfarma wants Zahra Sultan for his son, ‘Abbas Mirza.
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Letter to Abu al-Hasan Khan, 1923

On the letterhead of Azarbayjan's Ministry of Education and Endowments; about the writer's meeting with Muntasir, his and ‘Amid Lashkar's disappointment with Abu al-Hasan Khan (the addressee), and giving him some advice; he mentions that he is not happy with the addressee's sister attending the party at Haji Muhammad Husayn Aqa-yi ‘Ajam's house, writes that affection should go both ways, and mentions Haji Isma‘il Aqa's lack of affection for them.
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Telegraph from Abu al-Hasan, 1916 or 1917

Includes greetings, discusses healing the wounds of Faridun's face, and requests money to pay off debt
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924

Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar the secretary of the army brigade in Urumiyah, dated November 17, 1924; the letter shares some news and requests in an itemized format, including the whitewashing of all rooms' walls; payment of debts; an attempt to obtain payments from Ghaffar al-Sultan, son of Hasanlu; failing to receive money from Mr. Sawlat; that the brigadier has sent a pair of geese and a six-month old lamb; obtaining the remaining seven thousand [dinars?] from the mirror makers and giving it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; not receiving wheat and flour from the villages of Zaviyah and Varaqah and blaming it on the inadequacy of addressee's steward and Habib al-Sultan.

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Letter from Haj Mahmud Khuyi to Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant of Khuy, 1916

Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan

Letter, 1924

Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1914

Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924

Letter of attorney about alimony for Haji Ghulam Husayn's daughter, 1916

Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah to Mahmud Khan Nizam Mafi, 1911

Letter to Abu al-Hasan Khan, 1923

Telegraph from Abu al-Hasan, 1916 or 1917

Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924

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Letter from Haj Mahmud Khuyi to Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant of Khuy, 1916

Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan

Letter, 1924

Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1914

Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924

Letter of attorney about alimony for Haji Ghulam Husayn's daughter, 1916

Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah to Mahmud Khan Nizam Mafi, 1911

Letter to Abu al-Hasan Khan, 1923

Telegraph from Abu al-Hasan, 1916 or 1917

Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924

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