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Mirza Uvanis' complaint against Muʻazzam al-Dawlah
Documents include the following: a note indicating the debt of Karbalayi Haji, Muʻazzam al-Dawlah's companion, to Mirza Uvanis as 361 tumans, 2 qirans, and 15 shahies, in which he promises to return the money in 10 days; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to the British consulate that Mirza Uvanis is not a citizen of the Ottoman Empire and his complaint is therefore not related to this office. They also mention that Uvanis' complaint has been submitted, with his consent, to the Ministry of Justice, which voted against him. Nevertheless, after being convicted,...
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Petition of a Jewish man, 1911
Petition of a Jewish man who writes to the Majlis that he was supposed to marry a Jewish girl and had given her father, Sulayman, 200 tumans. However, Sulayman and his family converted to Islam, as a result of which the marriage was cancelled. Sulayman has now declared that the wrtier must convert to Islam (which he is unwilling to do) before he will return the man's money.
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Book of wage records
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Petition from Zari, 1900
A telegram from Zari, the daughter of Haji Kasir Allah Khan Iravani and wife of Asad Allah Khan, a citizen of Russia, who complained to the Premier that since her arrival in Maku, her mahr, some money, and her dowry were confiscated by the heirs of Ishaq Pasha Khan and that ʻIzzat Allah Khan has attacked her house and intimidated her. She had complained to Nizam Al-Saltanah but that yielded no results. She has returned to Yerevan because her children were frightened.
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Taji Khanum's belongings
Documents include the following: Mirza Lutf Allah Asad Abadi was ordered by Bihjat al-Mulk and Hisam al-Mulk to help Taji Khanum to price and sell her properties. Taji Khanum paid his wage with a financial note sent to his village, but at the time of its cashing, she refused to pay. As a result of that refusal, Mirza Lutf Allah wrote a complaint to Farmanfarma; in the letter, he explains Taji Khanum's problems in selling her properties due to financial difficulties and problems with Khan Baba Khan; provoked by Fathʻali Khan, Taji Khanum's son stole some of his mother's cattle.
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Usurpation of Khanum Sardar's property
Petition by Muhammad Yusuf Khan from Harat to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the Government of Khurasan and Jalal al-Sultan, who has confiscated the property of Khanum Sardar in Himmat Abad and requests money in order to return the property. Since Khanum Sardar had transferred the property to Muhammad Yusuf Khan, he is asked to provide the money. Muhammad Yusuf Khan has been informed that due to his delay in the payment, the property has been sold off by Khanum Sardar's attorney. He deems this transaction unlawful and asks for justice.
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Regarding Gulabatun's theft, 1903
Correspondence between the Government of Kurdistan (Nasir al-Mulk) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding a claim by Ottoman officials about delinquency in the investigation of theft by Gulabatun, the servant of Aqa Yahya (an Ottoman national); the Government of Kurdistan rejects any negligence and reports that they have investigated Gulabatun's claim on giving the stolen property to a soldier named ‘Abd al-Hamid, who has denied the allegations in the interrogation. Meanwhile, Gulabatun is still living in Aqa Yahya's house.
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Muzaffar Ardalan-pur's claim regarding usurpation of his property, 1928
Includes a petition by Muzaffar Ardalan-pur, son of Sharaf al-Mulk from Kurdistan (son of Sharaf al-Mulk the Governor of Kurdistan), to the Majlis and his complaint against ‘Abbas Khan Sardar Rashid and his wife, who have seized the property of the writer and his two younger brothers. The writer has retrieved his land in Ravansar but other properties remain in the possession of Sardar Rashid and his wife. Muzaffar Ardalan-pur also complains against Muhammad Rashid Bayg, son of Ja‘far Sultan Urami, who refuses to return the village of Pavah that was rented to him. There is also a letter from...
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Regarding wife's escape, 1928
Includes a petition by ‘Abd Allah Surkh from Kurdistan to the Majlis regarding Nayib Hasan Khan who has taken Shirin, the writer's wife, to his house along with four hundred tumans and some household furnishings. ‘Abd Allah's complaints have been in vain and he does not trust the local Sunni judge, claiming that he once married off a woman to a dervish in exchange for three hundred tumans. There is also a letter from the Majlis to ‘Abd Allah Surkh instructing him to take his case to the Ministry of Justice.
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Complaint regarding mismanagement of the girls school in Kurdistan, 1929
Petition by Mahmud Zari‘ (farmer) from Hasan Abad to the Majlis warning about the waste of the budget and mismanagement in the Ministry of Education in Kurdistan, especially the recently founded girls school, Shahpur, managed by Khanum Ardalani. He claims that with this education system, the girls in Kurdistan eventually become prostitutes.
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