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Certificate of guardianship for children of Muhammad Sadiq, 1906
Document regarding the assignment of Aqa Asghar Khan as the guardian of the minor children of Muhammad Sadiq, the seller of medicinal herbs, son of Husayn Quli: Muhammad Hasan, Fatimah, and Muluk, written 1.5 years after his death.
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Power of attorney to get inheritance, 1906
Power of attorney given to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haji Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, by Haji Muhammad Karim Tabbakh-i Dast-furush [the street-vendor cook] from Shiraz (son of the late Haji Muhammad Sadiq from Shiraz), who is the guardian of the underage son of the late Mashhadi Ghulam Husayn and Hajiyah Bibi (daughter of the late Karbalayi Muhammad) to last for one year from the time of this contract in order to get the child's paternal inheritance, which has been kept by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majid Maktab-dar. Dated April 1, 1906
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Testimony of the daughter of the late Ra’is ‘Ali Zari‘ regarding her father's properties
Testimony of the daughter of the late Ra’is ‘Ali Zari‘ [the farmer], wife of Haji ‘Abd al-Husayn, regarding her father's properties, including his house, house furnishings, and at least two thousand tumans, that the other inheritors have kept because she was underage at the time of her father's death. Eleven people have signed the testimony, and have testified that Ra’is ‘Ali was a wealthy man and his daughter was an infant when he passed away.
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Documents related to the conflict between the villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, 1869-1941
Documents related to the conflict between two villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, arising from disputes over land boundaries and the right to water. The conflict that proceeded over years is judged by the elders of the villages, government officials, landlords, and agreements are signed and sealed by the opposing parties. However, protests, petitions, transgressions of the borders and abuses of water rights. These become subjects of some of the reports and documents listed in this item.
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Regarding Fatimah Khanum's complaint, 1903-1904
Including 1- Fatimah Khanum’s petition regarding the killing of her husband, ‘Alikhan, who was an Iranian government official, and the theft of his belongings. Fatimah Khanum is at a loss to provide for her children and requests a pension; 2- The petition’s envelope with a note on the margin addressed to Atabak A‘zam; 3- A letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Dabir Hazrat, the government official in Sulaymaniyah, advising him to inform Fatimah Khanum that she or her attorney should visit Kirkuk and file a claim so that the Iranian government could inquire to the Ottoman government...
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Correspondence regarding the pension for ‘Abbas Khan's wife, 1903
Including 1- a petition by ‘Abbas Khan's wife, the former official in Sulaymaniyah, who worked for the Government of Iran but had Ottoman nationality, and neither government attended to his wife's rights. The Iranian Government has asked her to go to Kurdistan to receive a promissory note, but having ten children, she is not able to do so. She requests half of the payment in Sulaymaniyah. 2- A letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ‘Abbas Khan's wife states that according to the Shah's decree, ‘Abbas Khan is not eligible for any pensions and the hundred and twenty tumans he used to...
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899
Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...