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Valiyah Husn Jahan Khanum's endowment, 1903
Copy of a document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nasir al-Mulk, the governor of Kirmanshah, about Jamah Shuran village in Kurdistan, which was endowed by Valiyah Husn Jahan Khanum for performing Taʻziyah and mourning ceremonies for Imam Husayn.
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Fatimah Khanum's endowment, 1863
Endowment for parts of two qanats and a farm by Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Mulla Abu al-Qasim Shahabadi Yazdi. The document calls for the money to be spent on Hazrat ʻAli's mourning ceremony on the three holy nights in Ramadan.
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Regarding Husn Jahan Khanum's endowment, 1903
Complaint by Sayyid Husayn Bahr al-‘Ulum to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the usurpation of the village of Jamah Shuran in Kurdistan by Aqa Sayyid Javad, the custodian of Najaf since last year. Valiyah Husn Jahan Khanum had endowed this property to be used for mourning ceremonies of Hazrat-i Abi ‘Abdallah. The writer's father, Sayyid ‘Ali Bahr al-‘Ulum, was assigned as the custodian, a position which will be passed to the next generations through the eldest child.
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Letter, 1923
Regarding: inquiring about the addressee's requested promotion; severe floods, causing the destruction of houses including Vusuq al-Hukama's building, and two people are missing; the earthquake in Turbat near Mashhad, which lasted eight days and, according to Tehran's newspapers, resulted in the death of four thousand people; collecting aid for the victims; the thunderstorm in Qarajah Dagh damaging one hundred trees; the hail in Khuy, each ball of which was as large as an egg, damage to the crops; purchasing cheese for the household; Mustafa Khan's departure; other local news; and greetings...
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Will of Muhammad Zaman, 1844
Haji Muhammad Zaman, son of Haji Muhammad Baqir from Usku, appoints Haji Mir Hashim, son of Mir Mustafa from Usku, as the executor of his will and has determined how his inheritance should be divided, including the properties that should be divided among his three sons, Qasim, Ahmad, and Muhammad Kazim. They will be responsible for paying their wives' mahr from their shares. The will also includes payment of his own wife (Narjis Khatun)'s mahr as well as twenty-two tumans; repaying a twenty tuman loan to Haji ‘Ali Akbar; endowment of listed properties and assigning his sons as the...
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Shukuh Sadat Muqimi's interview - Part I
Interview with Shukuh Sadat Muqimi, conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, and Nargis Sufi Siyavush on April 18, 2017. Shukuh Khanum shares memories from her own life, her maternal and paternal families, and other family members.