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Petition regarding low wages
"Petition regarding the low wages of the author, his or her intention to submit a petition, and asking for mediation from the addressee (probably Banu-yi Ashraf). Some poems are written on verso. "
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Revocation of power of attorney, 1926
Sha‘ban ‘Ali had given the power of attorney to Saham al-Shari‘ah in order to defend him against Karbalayi Fatimah Bibi's claim. But since she has dropped her claim, Sha‘ban ‘Ali revokes the power of attorney.
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Letters of a lawyer to the court about his clients, 1929
Draft of two letters written by a lawyer to the court about his client's rent, a local investigation about usurpation of possessions of his two other clients, and some other petitions and sentences
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Khanum Masha’ Allah's petition regarding her divorce, 1928
Petition written by Khanum Masha’ Allah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Baqqal [the grocer], to Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, regarding her divorce from her husband, Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Shukr Allah, and forgoing her mahr.
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Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan
Petitions submitted to Saʻid al-Sultan: one from Maymunabad villagers objecting to Bihjat Khanum's way of dividing donkeys--Bihjat Khanum is the wife of Saʻid al-Sultan; one by Ziba Vaziri, a relative of Asif Aʻzam, requesting payment of the revenue of half of Amirabad [village] following Rustam Khan (her husband)'s death and asking for ʻAli Muhammad Bayg's help— ʻAli Muhammad Bayg is Ziba Vaziri's overseer and Ziba Khanum claims that she inherited half of the village from her late husband, but in this petition she is merely asking for revenue and not for the half of the village itself;...
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‘Azra's letter for confirming her marriage and mahr, 1935
Letter written by ‘Azra, daughter of Haj Mirza Husayn Sharif, to Mirza Sayyid Ahmad Pish-namaz [the prayer leader] requesting him to confirm her marriage to the late Mirza Muhammad Riza with a mahr of three hundred tumans, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, a Qurʼan worth five tumans, and ten misqals of silk. He confirms her claims and points out that she had settled one hundred and fifty tumans of her mahr with the late Mirza Muhammad Riza.