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Farman Farma's decree to Ibrahim Khan, 1879
Farman Farma's decree addressed to Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier], who ruled Baluchistan, Bam, and Narmashir, prohibiting the sale of the peasants as female and male slaves
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Dispute between Fath‘ali Khan and Amir Zakariya's peasants, 1855
Regarding the ownership of Amir Zakariya village; the peasants were unable to provide valid documents of ownership. The evidence instead suggested that Najafqulikhan Biglarbaygi from Tabriz had purchased the village from Akhund Mulla Asad Allah. The property then passed on to his inheritors.
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Sale document between Taqi Khan and Ibrahim Khan, 1869
Sale document between Taqi Khan, son of Muhammad Naqi Khan, and the orderly of Ibrahim Khan Sarhang [colonel] over parts of Ruzan farm located in Karkuk, Narmashir, and parts of Turanj farm, as well as water usage of ‘Azam Nisa’ creek in exchange for sixty-six tumans and six thousand three hundred and fifty [dinars?]. Additional rights were settled for one hundred dinars and a man [unit of weight] of wheat. All the workers of these properties, except for ‘Ali Ramazan and Muhammad Ramazan, are part of this transaction.
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Peasants to Anis al-Dawlah, 1894
A telegram from the peasants of Shaykh Garden in Savah (which was part of the crown lands of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim) to Anis al-Dawlah. They talk about their debt to the Court and state that after the garden was purchased by Zahir al-Saltanah, the peasants have been suffering from the injustice. The new owner has acquired 70 tumans more than their actual debt, which is beyond their financial means. In this letter, the peasants ask Anis al-Dawlah to act on their behalf before Nasir al-Din Shah. They request justice and for the extra money to be returned to them.
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Sale document of Bibi Maryam with her husband, 1869
Sale document of Bibi Maryam, younger daughter of Mirza ‘Ali Riza, with her husband, Mirza Muhammad Khan (son of ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan) over one-sixth of Jazan-i Khass farm, located in Rigan, for one hundred seventy-five tumans, dated August 22, 1869; a pulley and four well-diggers are part of this transaction. On verso, on August 23, 1869, Mirza Muhammad Khan sells the mentioned property to Ibrahim Khan Sarhang [colonel] for two hundred tumans.