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Documents related to Haji Nasr Allah and Shaykh ‘Abd al-Nabi's sisters, 1884 to 1886
The documents are the following: 1- Asking Haji Nasr Allah to pay one tuman to the holder of the promissory note and add it to the account of Aqa's sister (August 24, 1884); 2- payment by Nasr Allah the baker to Aqa's sister's account (September 10, 1884); 3- Haji Nasr Allah pays 20 tumans to the addressee in exchange for some grains belonging to the sister of Aqa Shaykh Muhammad (August or September, 1884); 4- another payment by Haji Nasr Allah [probably August or September, 1884]; 5- Asking Haji Nasr Allah to pay 4 tumans for Rawzah ceremony to Mirza Lutf Allah and in the account of the...
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Documents Related to the Shrine of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim
Texts about the shrine of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim, including: a report which talks about the expenses of the shrine of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim (including shrine, portico, veranda, etc) and other tombs (including that of the Crown Prince, Husayn Khan, Muhsin Mirza, daughter of Muʻizz al-Dawlah, Surur al-Saltanah, Majd al-Dawlah, ‘Abd Allah Mirza, and Sayyid ‘Abd Allah) in the period between 7th to 12th January 1876, an order for compensation written by Amin al-Sultan to Shatir Hashim, whose belongings were stolen, Amin al-Sultan's command that the custodian of the shrine arrest the two criminals...
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Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1890
Haji Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ (from Tabriz)'s petition discusses the pension of Mulla Yahya and ʻAbd Allah Bayg, the hardships the author went through during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and the delay in paying one-third of Mulla Yahya's belongings to his inheritors. This delay was caused by the heir of Haji Muhammad Baqir who is the Kadkhuda (village chief) of a village, which is owned by Surur al-Saltanah. His appointees sabotaged the payment despite the efforts of Mustashar al-Sultan. At the end, the author refers to the necessity of paying the one-third and asks the addressee to...