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Letter to Shiraz court about inheritance
Written by Riza Quli Khan (member of the treasury) to Sayyid Husayn A‘lam al-Huda (member of the Shiraz court system) regarding the inheritors of the late Muhammad Baqir and Muhammad Hasan Mu‘ayyiri (known as Zarrabi family) to find out whether the inheritors have considered the share of Mah Sultan, daughter of the late Muhammad Baqir, who lives in Tehran
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Letter, 1903
Letter from Mustafa al-Husayni to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, including greetings, the news of scarcity of camel-wool cloaks, asking if Aqa Shaykh Mahmud's wife has returned, inviting the addressee to his house in the summer to visit his sister, and some other news
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Sale document between Qizil Arsalan Mirza and Sahib Khanum, 1901
Shahzadah Qizil Arsalan Mirza, son of Haji Kaykavus Mirza, sells a caravansary near Ma‘sumah shrine and the adjacent shops to Sahib Khanum, daughter of Aqa Karim and wife of Haji Muhammad Kazim, in exchange for fifty-eight tumans
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Petition by Mir Kazim the grocer
Mir Kazim the grocer writes to Hujjat al-Islam to tell him that he had to sell his sugar cube shop to provide for his family, that he has lost all his capital, and while he has opened a grocery shop, he is still unable to afford the cost of living, despite having sold his household furnishings, and even his wife's clothing, three years ago. He has been so desperate that has even pondered killing himself and his family. He requests assistance.
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Settlements regarding the markets near Baghmishah gate, 1894 to 1916
Settlement of Shahzadah Khavar Khanum, the daughter of Yazdan Bakhsh Mirza, and Haji Husayn Khan about parts of a market known as Bazarchah-i Kalantar near the Baghmishah gate, in exchange for fifty tumans (February 20, 1894); settlement of Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Ghulam‘alikhan (the son of Fath‘alikhan Baghmishah), representing his wife, Khavar Khanum the daughter of Yazdan Bakhsh Mirza and Haji Muhammad Husayn Khan about parts of a market near Baghmishah gate in exchange for two hundred and ten tumans (August 1, 1896); settlement between Malik Sultan Khanum, the wife of Aqa Mirza Sharif, and...
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Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1897
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, with Muhammad Karim, son of Mirza Rahim, on January 28, 1897. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth 2 tumans, fifteen tumans cash, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 2 tumans and five thousand dinars, a carpet kilim and a pair of felt rugs worth five tumans, and one sixth of the houses that belong to the bridegroom's father. Note: part of the aforementioned properties were inherited by the bridegroom from his late mother and the rest was transferred to him from his father. The note on the verso reads: "a record of the mahr...
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Gharbi pharmacy
The Gharbi pharmacy was owned by Nasr Allah Khan Gharbi and located on Chiragh Barq street according to the family. Nasr Allah Khan Gharbi was the son of ‘Ismat Khanum and Mirza Aqa Khan and the husband of Batul Sharqi
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Petition regarding inheritance
Petition written by Haji Muhammadi, Karbalayi Muhammad Karim, Karbalayi Jalil [Khalil?], and Agha Bibi, children of the late Haji Muhammad Ja‘far Razzaz [the rice dealer], to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa-yi Haji, prayer-leader of Fars, in order to resolve the issue of their father's inheritance; now that their oldest brother, Karbalayi ‘Ali, is also deceased, their other brother, Karbalayi Majid, has falsely claimed the ownership of their father’s stable, rice selling store, and bakery.
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Booklet of documents
Documents related to women are the following: seq. 23: "I, Haj ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, have received all the jewelry of my deceased wife, Nabat Khanum, which was left with the wife of Haji Vakil al-Dawlah for safekeeping, plus three documents that were not listed. December 29, 1886"; seq. 27: a few years ago, the deceased Nabat Khanum from Tehran, the wife of the deceased ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, had left 1000 tumans with Haji Aqa Muhammad Hasan Vakil al-Dawlah, representative of the government of the United Kingdom, who claims on the...