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Petition against Hamidah Khanum, 1920
The Ottoman Empire's office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes to the government of Kurdistan about the petition of Iʻtizad Divan, the officer of Kurdistan, against Hamidah Khanum. The complaint regards ownership rights to his property and he requests that the issue be addressed.
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Petition of four women from Kurdistan, 1922
Documents include the following: a petition to the Majlis written by Mahtaban, Najibah, Hamidah, and Khvurshid Laqaʼ complaining about the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan, which did not restore to them the rights that had been denied by Qavam al-Tujjar and Salar Mufakhkham; the women's complaint about not receiving their due in spite of the official order from the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan and their request that their rights be restored with the help of gendarmes; the response of Majlis to the Ministry of Justice, requesting that it take their complaint...
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Renting Hazrat-i ʻUlya's property, 1910
Mukhbir al-Saltanah's telegram from Tabriz to the Ministry of the Interior. He talks about two issues, one of which is Mushir al-Mamalik's rental of the property of Hazrat-i ʻUlya.
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Hamidah Khanum's petition
Documents related to Hamidah Khanum's complaint, including: the petition of Mansur Nizam and his wife, Hamidah Khanum, to the Majlis, complaining that an unknown Sayyid has claimed the ownership of their property; the Majlis asks the Ministry of Justice to follow the case of Mansur Nizam and Hamidah Khanum's petition and inform the Majlis of the outcome; the Ministry of Justice informs the Majlis that it has ordered its office in Kurdistan to settle the issue and that complainants should go to the office in Kurdistan; Hamidah Khanum complains to the Majlis about the claim of a Sayyid to...
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Telegram by Kalhur clan elders, 1920 or 1921
Telegram regarding the distress caused by Amir A‘zam's government on the Kalhur clan, including taking money from the peasants and torturing the village chiefs; the clan elders are holding a sit-in at the Kirmanshah court, and their wives and children have been roaming the desert.
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Riza Khan's wife's fraudulent document, 1909 to 1910
Correspondence between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its centers in Savujbulagh and Tabriz regarding the murder of Riza Khan, father of Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Sharaf, and the fraudulent letter of transference produced by his wife. Riza Khan’s belongings, including household furnishings and jewelry, is now under the ownership of his wife and Sardar Mukri. An agent has been sent to Muhammad Husayn Khan Sardar Mukri by the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Savujbulagh, but the writer asks for a special agent from the Ministry.
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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.