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‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892
Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father's death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own...
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Will of Haji Mahdi Aqa, 1904
Haji Mahdi Aqa the merchant from Salmas, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, has assigned his nephew, Haji Mirza Aqa Muhammad Riza the merchant, as the executor of his will and Haji ‘Ali Aqa the merchant as the overseer. They are responsible for paying his debts and determining one-third of his belongings to be spent on the religious expenses of his will. The interest from the rest of his belongings goes to all the inheritors for ten years, after which the land will belong to his older sons and his daughters will be able to reside in the houses within the gardens. The younger sons...
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Wills of Iskandar Khan, 1904 to 1908
1- In his will, dated October 20, 1904, Haj Iskandar Khan Yavar has appointed Aqa Mir Asad Allah and Aqa Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Aqa Mirza Mahdi Khan Muntasir Lashkar the executors of his and his wife's wills and Mulla Isma‘il Shaykh al-Islam as their overseer. According to a separate document, he has given a fifth of his belongings, including properties, household furnishings, clothing, and the mahr to his wife [Baygum Khanum]. Of what remains, after deducting his debts, a third should be spent on: thirty years of prayers and fasts on his behalf, the Hajj, his burial in Najaf, and charity. The...
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Documents regarding property management of Banu-yi Ashraf and her children
Documents regarding property management of Banu-yi Ashraf and her children, including: list of properties purchased by ‘Abbas Quli Khan Ashrafi, Musa Khan Ashraf al-Mulk, and his underage children in the village of Laktarashan between 1903 to 1930; settlements and rental contracts related to properties and qanats in the villages of Laktarashan, Kalak, Mansur Kandah, and Istardikala belonging to Ashraf al-Mulk, Banu-yi Ashraf and their children, Muhammad, Ahmad, Maryam, and Musa Ashrafi. In some of these legal documents, Banu-yi Ashraf (Ashraf al-Dawlah), Fatimah Khanum (mother of Ashraf...
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Endowment booklet of Tajmah
This booklet includes nine endowments
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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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