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Question on planting barley
Sayyid Mahmud Musavi Ruknabadi asks about planting barley in a piece of land and using the qanat's water: he writes that in previous year (1895) he planted barley in a piece of land in Murghdan (in Kishkhvan) and used the qanat's water for that. This piece of land has nothing to do with Mirza abu al-Qasim and his mother, Bibi Gul, and is Sayyid Mahmud's property. Sayyid Mahmud is asking the recipients to confirm this statement. ʻAli Akbar Ahmadi, Haji ʻAbbas Ruknabadi, and Shaykh Muhammad have confirmed his word.
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Sale agreement between Bibi Khadijah Sultan and Murtaza Khan, 1897
Sale agreement between Bibi Khadijah Sultan, daughter of Abu Turab Khan and wife of Allahyar Khan Qajar, and Murtaza Khan, commander of the telegraph office, over some contiguous land and their shares of water, and land that Bibi Khadijah Sultan inherited from her father, Mirza Abu Turab Khan, for one hundred and nine tumans and seven thousand six hundred dinars.
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Settlement over agricultural lands, 1898
Settlement of the daughters of the late Haji Muhammad Hasan (known as Salih of Shiraz) and the children of the late Bibi Khanum Mah (another daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan) and the late Muhammad Kazim Qannad [the baker] from Shiraz with Haji ‘Ali Akbar Tajir [the merchant], son of the late Abu Talib Tajir Namazi, over the specific agricultural lands located outside of Shiraz for forty-five tumans, one hundred mans [unit of weight] of onion, and twenty-five mans of pickled eggplant for each year
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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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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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Copy of letter from Fatimah Khanum to head of Customs House
The writer talks about the road construction on the fields belonging to his son, ‘Inayat Allah Khan, despite his wishes, and requests it be prevented. Water is also being prevented from coming to the farms which is brutal for the peasants. The writer also discusses the seizing of Sar Firuzabad farms. The author asks the addressee for justice and an investigation.
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Documents related to the conflict between the villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, 1869-1941
Documents related to the conflict between two villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, arising from disputes over land boundaries and the right to water. The conflict that proceeded over years is judged by the elders of the villages, government officials, landlords, and agreements are signed and sealed by the opposing parties. However, protests, petitions, transgressions of the borders and abuses of water rights. These become subjects of some of the reports and documents listed in this item.
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Related to Anis al-Dawlah's properties in Varamin, 1900 and 1914
Complaint by Sayyid Muhsin, the tenant farmer of ‘Ali Abad village, located in Bihnam Sukhtah in Varamin, that despite paying taxes the water irrigation to the property has been stopped and his cotton farms are drying out, so he asks for compensation; a copy of a decree, dated 1900 or 1901, received by the Ministry of Finance on November 15, 1914, probably by Muzaffar al-Din Shah to Ghulam Riza Khan Asif al-Dawlah, ordering the uninterrupted irrigation of ‘Ali Abad village from Jajrud river
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Pages of a calendar with predictions based on astrology, 1877 to 1920
Some pages of calendars of the years 1877 to 1920 that include some events and some predictions based on astrology
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