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Regarding a complaint by Shaykh Mahdi against Mulla Isma‘il, 1910
Correspondence (three documents) of Arfa‘ al-Sultan with the governor of Khurasan regarding the complaint by Shaykh Mahdi from Sabzivar against Mulla Isma‘il from Rubat; he requests securing the city and returning looted property
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Zahra Khanum ʻArab to the head of the Ottoman Customs House, 1912
The author complains about the unauthorized presence of some Bakhtiyari men in her two houses and asks Shahbandar (the head of the Ottoman Customs House) to force an evacuation of the two houses
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Regarding a complaint against Isma‘il, 1911
Petition by Vali Allah to the governor of Khurasan about the complaint by Isma‘il from Rubat-i Jaz against the malicious acts of Kadkhuda (village chief) Isma‘il; as well as a copy of Isma‘il's petition and its summary
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Regarding a complaint by a group of women against Isma‘il, 1910
Petition by the mother of Shaykh Mahdi on behalf of a group of women to the governor of Khurasan about the attack by Isma‘il and the mob of Rubat on their houses; as well as a summary of their petition and the response of the government of Khurasan
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Complaint by people of Saqqiz, 1915
Includes two petitions by the people of Saqqiz to the Majlis regarding the troubles caused by the new government, for instance housing the government riders in the peasants' houses and taking their household furnishings and never returning them, the evacuation of a residential place where about forty people, including women and children, lived, and sending agents to the peasant houses when the men are at work and the women are alone at home; along with a letter of inquiry from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior regarding these claims.
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Complaint against Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman camp, 1915
Includes a petition to the Majlis regarding the harassment by Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman army in Karand, ruining and pillaging villages, the arrest and execution of the people of the Kalhur, Sanjabi, and Guran clans, and the capture of fifty women from the families residing in the vicinity of the Karand caravansary and accusing them of theft. Also includes a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ra’uf Bayg and Ottomans harassing people who live near the borders and the attack by Isma‘il Haqi Bayg on the Sanjabi clan, ruining and setting fire to the village of Hajim...
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The Russian Consulate to Muʻazid al-Mulk, 1914
About the Russian Consulate's claim in Kirmanshah regarding damages to Russian citizens and a request for investigation and remuneration as soon as possible, as well as a list of damages
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Petition by Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, 1912 to 1917
Correspondence including petitions from ‘Aziz al-Saltanah [probably Nasir al-Din Shah's sister] and Mahbub al-Saltanah, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, and Farangis Khanum, Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, regarding their delinquent salaries, which were supposed to be issued in Gilan; they complain about Mukarram al-Dawlah's negligence. There are also letters from Mukarram al-Dawlah, the Ministries of Finance and Interior, and the Treasury Department.
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Regarding complaints by the Christians of Azarbayjan, 1910
Correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, their office in Urumiyah, a representative of the Christian population in Azarbayjan, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the complaints by the Christians against the nomadic Kurds who plunder their villages and abduct Christian girls, as well as the complaint by the French and American embassies in support of the Christians.