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Fatimah Jadid al-Islam and her female companion's petitions
A petition from Fatimah Jadid al-Islam Bukani, a former [Christian] Armenian who had recently converted to Islam, in which she discusses the promise given to her and her female companion to receive compensation after her conversion. She also mentions that she was assured that she would be relocated from the Armenian village of Armani Bulaghi to Sayf al-Din Khan's village, so that she could be safe from people's bitter words after her conversion and that she was promised funds for her living expenses. She notes that none of these promises were fulfilled. The other document is the petition of...
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Sale settlement between Muzaffar Khan and Khvajah Pulusan
Property sale settlement between Muzaffar Khan Valizadah and Khvajah Pulusan (a Christian merchant) concerning the purchase of three-sixths of Miraki and Gandab villages, valued at 1000 tumans. These properties were previously owned by Umm Kulsum, mother of Muzaffar Khan Valizadah. Khvajah Pulusan has to pay 300 tumans to the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan.
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Shaykh Abu al-Fazl's petition to Aqa Mirza Sadiq
Shaykh Abu al-Fazl the preacher from Ganjah writes to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Mirza Sadiq about the government council of Ganjah's intervention in his preaching to ask him to talk about the education of girls and the progress of the Armenians and Russians who have educated their daughters. Shaykh Abu al-Fazl did not cooperate and was thus exiled. He eventually started teaching in Ahar, but complains about the hardship there and requests Mirza Aqa Sadiq's assistance.
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Mirza Uvanis' complaint against Muʻazzam al-Dawlah
Documents include the following: a note indicating the debt of Karbalayi Haji, Muʻazzam al-Dawlah's companion, to Mirza Uvanis as 361 tumans, 2 qirans, and 15 shahies, in which he promises to return the money in 10 days; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to the British consulate that Mirza Uvanis is not a citizen of the Ottoman Empire and his complaint is therefore not related to this office. They also mention that Uvanis' complaint has been submitted, with his consent, to the Ministry of Justice, which voted against him. Nevertheless, after being convicted,...
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Regarding Nuniyah Khanum's salary, 1910
Documents include letter of salary confirmation for Nuniyah Khanum, daughter of Manuel (inheritor of Priest Musa); her power of attorney to her husband, Khavajah Ibrahim, to represent and receive her salary; and her identity verification and salary form
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Letter to Yusuf
Regarding Yusuf's stipend, his stay in Tehran, sending Yusuf's belongings from Khuy to Tabriz, property issues, the carpet trade, Sadiq Hazrat quarelling with Mumtaz al-Dawlah over the latter's maltreatment of Sadiq Hazrat's temporary wife, and the problems faced by Armenians
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Protest letter