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Settlement of Huri Nisa’ Khanum and Amin al-Mamalik, 1900
Huri Nisa’ Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Khan Baba from Nawjah Dih, sells one-fifteenth of a property inherited from her father, including the village of Nawjah Dih, to Amin al-Mamalik in exchange for twelve tumans and five thousand dinars. A condition for revocation has been included and half of the price has been paid. The note on the margin states that Huri Nisa’ Khanum has settled her claim of loss in exchange for two tumans and five thousand dinars.
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Petition of Sulayman Khan's daughter and grandchild to Muzaffar al-Din Shah
The daughter and grandchild of Sulayman Khan Sahib Ikhtiyar complain to Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar about the assault on and plunder of their properties in Hamadan by Shujaʻ al-Mamalik and ʻAbbas Khan.
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Muzaffar al-Din Shah's decree to transfer ownership of Tasuj to Nur al-Saltanah, 1899
Muzaffar al-Din Shah transfers the ownership of the village of Tasuj in Azarbayjan to his daughter, Nur al-Saltanah. Two years earlier, the state revenue from this land had been granted to her husband, Kazim Aqa, and her child. Now, with the confirmation of the premier, Amin al-Sultan, state revenue [tyuyul] of this land will be permanently transferred to Aqa Mirza Kazim and Nur al-Saltanah's child.
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Najm al-Saltanah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
From Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah to her brother, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma; she talks about the property at Palayin, mentioning that Farmanfarma had expressed interest in selling or exchanging it for a property owned by Hazrat-i ʻUlya [Surur al-Saltanah] in Tabriz; discusses the relationship between the brother and sisters; mentions her daughter, Daftari [Daftar al-Muluk], and notes that her situation [the marriage to Farmanfarma's son] awaits Farmanfarma's decision. At the end, she talks about the illness of her husband, Vakil al-Mulk.
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Letters from Najm al-Saltanah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Najm al-Saltanah's letters to her brother ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including the following: one about a disease outbreak in Tehran and the health of various women at the court; one requesting her brother's advice on several properties, including Ismaʻil Abad and the qanat of Rustam Abad; some about the appointment of her husband Vakil al-Mulk to the Ardabil government; one about her decision to cancel her pilgrimage at Farmanfarma's request; one about her desire that Muzaffar al-Din Mirza (then the crown prince) permit his daughter (Ashraf Fakhr al-Dawlah, daughter of Surur...