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Letter on Mashhadi Taqi's inheritance, 1919
Letter with Imamquli's seal to his offspring about the inheritance of the deceased Mashhadi Taqi Quzlujah: "respected offspring, as it was mentioned, a person named Shahbaz, a resident of Quzlujah, and husband of the sister of the deceased Mashhadi Taqi Quzlu has come to you about the inheritance and has sent an agent to the survivors of Mashhadi Taqi. Return the agent peacefully. I will investigate the matter after I come to Shishavan and will do justice."
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Petition regarding a seized property, 1913
Amal al-Saltanah [?] claims that her paternal inheritance, a residential building, has been wrongfully seized and is being used for housing members of the military with no rental fee or compensation for the damages; the writer also mentions sending letters to Mushir al-Saltanah in Tehran but to no avail.
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Correspondence regarding Jalil al-Mamalik's claim against Hajiyah Shah Baygum's inheritors, 1915
Documents include a letter written by Jalil al-Mamalik from Gilan to the Ministry of Finance regarding his complaint about the verdicts and the annoyance caused by the inheritors of Hajiyah Shah Baygum, wife of the late Haji Hakim from Rasht. He asks the Court of Gilan to execute the order. Letters from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting an investigation of Jalil al-Mamalik's claim are also included.
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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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Correspondence of Ihtisham al-Sultan's inheritors with the Ministry of Finance, 1916 to 1917
Inheritors of Ihtisham al-Sultan, including his wives, Ruqiyah Khanum and Sara Khanum, and his children, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, Hajar Sultan Khanum, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, Nasrin Khanum, Baqir Khan Arfa‘ al-Sultan, ‘Ali Akbar Khan, ‘Ali Asghar Khan, Ghulam‘ali Khan, and Yusuf Khan Ihtisham Lashkar, ask the Ministry of Finance to transfer their salaries from Kirman to ‘Iraq-i ‘Ajam.
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1913
Mentions the death of Ashraf al-Mamalik; the issues around the division of Ashraf al-Mamalik's inheritance; a letter found after his death, which claimed to be his will and gave all the inheritance only to his sons and not daughters, without a signature or seal; and the author asks the addressee to investigate and give the late Ashraf al-Mamalik's daughters their shares.
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Correspondence regarding the claims against Shams al-Muluk and her brother by Sardar Mujallal and ‘Abd al-Hamid Sultan, 1922 to 1923
Regarding the claims by Sardar Mujallal and ‘Abd al-Hamid Sultan against Shams al-Muluk Khanum (daughter of ‘Amir A‘zam and wife of Hisam al-Dawlah) and her brother, Yad Allah ‘Amir A‘zam, over inheritence, the issues with serving subpoenas due to Shams al-Muluk's moving and traveling; documents include correspondence between Justice Departments in Tehran, Kirman, Kirmanshah, Simnan, Shahrud, Damghan, and Arak [‘Iraq-i ‘Ajam]; part of ‘Abd al-Hamid Sultan's claim is against Fakhr al-Muluk (Mahdiquli Mirza's wife).
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Letter from head of Customs House to Farid al-Mulk, 1912
Talks about issues related to the farms belonging to the heirs of Haj ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil al-Dawlah, and mentions a settlement which indicates that these properties formerly owned by the late Umm al-Khaqan are now owned by Sardar Mu‘tazad; the properties rented by the late Mu‘in al-Ra‘aya and later Haji Mu‘addil, the attorney of ‘Inayat Allah Khan, had taken the properties from the heirs of the late Mu‘in al-Ra‘aya. The author complains to the addressee for not addressing these issues and asks him for an investigation and to give these properties back to the heir of the late Vakil al-Dawlah.
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Correspondence of Malakah Iran and Zahir al-Sultan with the Ministry of Finance, 1916 to 1918
Correspondence amongst Malakah Iran (Furugh al-Dawlah), the Treasury, and the Ministry of Finance regarding the approval of the Cabinet to pay five thousand tumans to Malakah Iran to compensate for damages to her house when it was bombarded along with the Majlis during the Constitutional Revolution, and requesting the remaining two thousand and five hundred tumans. After Malakah Iran's death, her son, Muhammad Nasir Zahir al-Sultan, asks the Ministry of Finance to account for the remaining money as part of his taxes of seventy-six kharvars (unit of weight) of barley from Mast Khuban village...
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Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk love letters, 1909 to 1910
Love letters of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash), son of Karim Dad Khan, to Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Zarrin Kulah Khanum and Khazin al-Mulk, accompanied by some envelopes and part of a letter, probably from Surur al-Saltanah to Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk. These letters were most likely written during the time between their ‘Aqd (formal contract of marriage) and ‘Arusi (marriage celebration and consummation), while Surur al-Saltanah was living in Tehran and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk was traveling between Tehran and Khurasan; the letters have also been separately included in this collection;...
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