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Letter about the divorce of Kalantar's daughter, 1903
The writer discusses the quarreling between Kalantar (sheriff) and Mulla Muhammad, who both promised the addressee they would go to Khanaqin to solve their dispute; notes Kalantar's arrival to Khanaqin and waiting for Mulla Muhammad; and mentions Mulla Muhammad's note about divorcing Kalantar's daughter and having no claims, and that the note was confirmed by Kamal al-Vizarah and others.
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Petition to collect husband's rights
Copy of the petition written by the wife of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band [silk dealer] from Shiraz to the governor of Fars asking him to retrieve her entitlement from a sale agreement between her husband and Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Muhammad Hasan Khan Sartip [brigadier], son of the late Fath‘ali Khan from Nayriz, over one-sixth of Hasanabad farm of Nayriz
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Regarding the affair of Khanum Taj and Sayyid Karim, 1925
In a letter to Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Aqa, the writer describes how Sayyid Karim has faked the divorce of Khanum Taj, daughter of Riza Khan Shuja‘ Lashkar and wife of Mirza Habib Allah Muntakhib Daftar, and they have fled from Amirabad village to Tabriz. After Mirza Habib Allah's complaint, Sayyid Karim bribed two Mullas and forced Mirza Habib Allah to divorce his wife in exchange for two villages, owned by Khanum Taj. Subsequently, it becomes clear that the two villages had already been sold to someone else and that Khanum Taj was four months pregnant prior to the divorce. Mirza Habib...
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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...