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Salar Nizam's petition, 1911
Fathʻali Salar Nizam writes to the Majlis to lodge a complaint against Sayyid Qasim, who took the bride of Salar Nizam's nephew and her dowry to his home. The bride is the daughter of Salar Nizam's wife from her ex-husband. The young couple have been married for six months, but are being kept away from each other. Sayyid Qasim's wife is the bride's maternal aunt, and according to Salar Nizam, Sayyid Qasim has deceived the bride in order to claim her share of the inheritance that was transferred to her brother when she was still underage. Salar Nizam says that the girl was not underage and...
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Daughters of Vakil al-Sifarah's complaint, 1919-1920
Documents relating the follow-up to the daughters of Vakil al-Sifarat's complaint about not receiving their share of inheritance, including: Farah al-Saltanah's call for justice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She writes that after her father's death, his financial documents were kept in two boxes sealed at the embassies of Britain and the Ottoman Empire, but they are now in the posession of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and she wants the boxes opened. In another document, Sayf Allah Khan, the son of Amir Muqtadir Kirmanshahi, lodges a complaint against his wife, Farah al-Saltanah,...
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Correspondence regarding the inheritance of Muhammad Mirza, 1901-1904
1- Muhammad Mirza, son of Mirza Aqa Baba from Yerevan, transfers all his belongings to Ahmad Aqa from Kirmanshah for ten years, with the provision that if Muhammad Mirza dies during this time, as the executor of his will, Haji Ahmad Aqa pays fifty tumans to Ma‘shumah Khanum and ten tumans to Gulabatun (Muhammad Mirza's wives); 2- Regarding Muhammad Mirza's death during the Hajj and a description of his belongings, which are partly kept with his wife and in his shop, as well as some cash that he gave to Haji Ja‘far during his trip; 3- A letter from the Government of Kurdistan to the Ministry...