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Letter to Hamdam al-Saltanah, 1909
Letter to Hamdam al-Saltanah regarding Punak qanats, a court order, and appointing someone to execute it
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Telegram from peasants of Asadabad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1917
About their hardships caused by the water shortages. They ask the addressee to build a qanat for them.
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Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Izzat al-Dawlah) to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Fatimah Khanum ‘Izzat al-Saltanah (‘Izzat al-Dawlah) writes to her husband, ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, telling him that the Shah sent Amin al-Haram to her to tell her that he telegraphed Farmanfarma to buy one third of Alanjiq village from him. ‘Izzat al-Saltanah responded that Alanjiq belongs to her, not Farmanfarma, and that she has it in the Shah's handwriting that he bestowed it to her. She then suggested that she would have paid him ten times more to get Alanjiq and points out that Farmanfarma spent some money for the qanat there and that the place generates no income for the...
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1912
Discusses the inability of peasants from Yaftabad to pay two thousand and two hundred tumans for rent, ʻIzzat al-Saltanah's visit to Yaftabad and the meeting with the peasants to discuss the rent, and the peasants being able to afford paying only five hundred for the rent
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, about receiving the oranges, requesting some envelopes, the news of Husayn Abad's qanat being destroyed by flood, shortage and high costs of goods, too much rain and damage to the bath, looking for a female slave, selling wheat, and kissing ‘Ishrat and his other daughter, whom he has not seen yet
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Letter
Letter about sending petitions to the addressee, and news of Ibrahim Abad qanat's condition and its expenses
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Requesting financial aid from Hamdam al-Saltanah, 1924
Asking Hamdam al-Saltanah for her contribution to help pay some of the expenses of Pamanar qanat, mentioning three years delay in paying this contribution, and requesting four payments of one hundred tumans to cover some of the expenses
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1892
Includes issues facing several villages such as in Qaysar Abad village, where Najm al-Saltanah has issue with Karbalayi Mahdiquli, as a tenant, on it crops; the great functionality of a qanat; and increasing prices in Tehran. The writer talks about his role in the transactions of Isfandiyari and ʻAli Abad properties and several houses, as well as Najm al-Saltanah's role; the interest for Munavvar al-Saltanah's property worth forty-five thousand tumans and her willingness to sell it; and Shukuh al-Saltanah being not well.
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Complaint letter asking for justice
A group of elders complain to the addressee about how their nomadic tribe is prevented from accessing their winter pastures by Timur Khan's actions. Also, they mention the unacceptable marriage of Zawq ‘Ali’s wife (daughter of Shahnah (sheriff) Ghulam) and Muhammad (son of Shahnah (sheriff) Haydar), and ask the addressee for justice.
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Regarding Sahib Ikhtiyar's property
Petition regarding a property owned by Sahib Ikhtiar located in Buluk-i Ghar (Tehran); Sahib Ikhtiar has paid the same amount of tax although the land is desolated due to shortage of water. He asks the Majlis and the Ministry of Finance to send an auditor to investigate. This property previously belonged to Mahd-i ‘Ulya and parts of the qanat were later purchased by Mirza Fazl Allah Khan.
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- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(4)
- Hamdam al-Saltanah(2)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(2)
- ‘Ishrat al-Muluk ‘Amiri(1)
- ‘Isa Ibrahimi(1)
- ‘Abbas Mirza Farmanfarma’ian Salar Lashkar(1)
- Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari ‘Amiri(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Amir Ibrahimi (Nusrat al-Mamalik)(1)
- Mirza Hidayat Allah Ashtiyani(1)
- Malik Taj Najm al-Saltanah(1)
- Malik Jahan Khanum Mahd-i ‘Ulya(1)
- Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri (Sardar Mujallal)(1)