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Letter responding to some questions
The writer responds to some questions from the addressee, explaining why Sardar Muhammad Husayn Aqa does not incude Rahim Bayg in decision-making, that Bibi Khanum was willing to evacuate, but Karbalayi Ziba Khanum did not accept it because she would get lonely in Bibi Khanum's absence, and that Hujjat al-Islam should send someone to resolve the disputes among the late Muhammad's inheritors.
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Hajiyah Baygum Khanum's power of attorney, 1915
Hajiyah Baygum Khanum, wife of Haj Iskandar Khan and daughter of ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan, gives the power of attorney to Mirza Abu Turab Khan ‘Amid Lashkar to deal with the claims of Abu Talib Khan Sarhang (colonel)'s children and inheritors of the late Khvurshid Khanum
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Settlement between Muhammad Baqir's daughters and Aqa Muhammad, 1770
Aqa Muhammad, the son of ‘Aziz from Khvurasgan, claims that he inherits four-sixth of the house known as Talar in Khvurasgan, but Bibi Nisa’, Mihr Nisa’, and Baygum Khanum, the daughters of Aqa Muhammad Baqir, deny this. The dispute is resolved with the following settlement: Aqa Muhammad's share is 2.5 out of 6 shares of the house, and the share of Muhammad Baqir's daughter is 3.5 out of 6 shares. On the margin, Aqa Muhammad has acknowledged the receipt of his share and states that he has no claim over ‘Abd al-Ghaffar's house, known as Bagh. On verso, on July 18, 1902, Baygum Khanum...
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Dispute between Fath‘ali Khan and Amir Zakariya's peasants, 1855
Regarding the ownership of Amir Zakariya village; the peasants were unable to provide valid documents of ownership. The evidence instead suggested that Najafqulikhan Biglarbaygi from Tabriz had purchased the village from Akhund Mulla Asad Allah. The property then passed on to his inheritors.
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Petition regarding Rubabah's and Zulaykha's inheritance
Sadiq ibn Muhammad writes to Hujjat al-Islam Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali Aqa: after the death of Mashhadi ‘Isa, the brother of Haj Sadiq and Haj Musa, he was survived by his two underage daughters, Rubabah and Zulaykha, and left no will. His brothers took ownership of his inheritance and wrote two documents regarding the daughters' shares, which was left to the writer for safekeeping. After Rubabah's death, since she had no children, her inheritors are her sister, Zulaykha, and her husband. The writer wanted to divide her properties among the inheritors, but Haj Musa and Haj Hamid Allah, the...
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Petition by Khavar Sultan Khanum's attorney, 1927
‘Abbas al-Husayni Kawdani, the attorney of Khavar Sultan Khanum (daughter of Mahdi Sulayman from Ruzvah), writes a petition to Aqa Mulla Ghulamhusayn regarding the property disputes between Khavar Sultan Khanum and the inheritors of Karbalayi Nigahdar Bayg (Aqa ‘Abbas Quli Bayg represents himself and the other inheritors). Khavar Khanum claims that her property, partly given to her by her late husband, Mahmud, and recorded in her marriage contract, and the rest inherited through her father, was entrusted to her husband without any formal settlement or compensation. Now, this property, after...
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Letter
The writer pleads with the Ayatollah to review the following case: the late Aqa Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali's will was confirmed by Shabistar's ‘ulama’ after the dispute between the inheritors had been resolved. The Ayatollah and Hujjat al-Islam Haj Mirza Muhsin Aqa verified this confirmation. But, a villain named Muhammad Sadiq, who represented his wife and the children of the deceased, has caused some trouble. Having the support of the local government of Muqtadir al-Mulk, Muhammad Sadiq objected to the sale document of Aqa Haj Mirza Aqa, handwritten by the deceased, regarding one-eighth of the...
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Muntasir Lashkar to Habib Allah Khan Sultan, 1916
Muntasir Lashkar to Habib Allah Khan Sultan; he tells him that he has put in a good word for him with ‘Amid Lashkar and that in return, Habib Allah Khan Sultan should be honest and pay his debt to ‘Amid Lashkar; according to ‘Amid Lashkar, Habib Allah Khan has been taking the allowance that belongs to the writer's children and is not sharing it with anybody else. That being the case, the writer warns him to share what he receives before he has to interfere. The letter also discusses giving ‘Amid Lashkar his share of grain; Ma‘sum's debt of nine tumans to ‘Illiyah ‘Aliyah, the revered sister...
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Regarding Hajiyah Khanum's properties
Copy of the statement by Haji Mirza Ibrahim Shari‘atmadar (local religious notable) on how Haji Aqa ‘Ali Akbar used the property owned by his wife, Hajiyah Khanum (daughter of Aqa Muhammad), became in debt and thus settled his own property to Hajiyah Khanum and her two children while paying a sum to his other two children from his temporary wives. Hajiyah Khanum dealt with Aqa ‘Ali Akbar's creditors after his death, gave her daughter her share of inheritance and married her off. Mirza Ibrahim writes about his own disagreement with this marriage and the husband's misbehaviour. Therefore,...