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Questions and answers
Three questions asked of Imami [Shi‘i] clerics: 1- whether couples who remarry each other within one month of the divorce need another contract; 2- whether the eldest son inherits the father's belongings (Qur’an, swords, and rings); 3- whether a woman who is found to be pregnant one or two months after her divorce is entitled to alimony during the pregnancy. Answers: there is no need for a second contract if the remarriage happens before the end of ‘iddah; 2- If the set of objects are the personal property of the father they will go to the eldest son, but if they were obtained for...
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Copies of letters by Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam Farahani
These writings include: a note on how Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam's writing to his wife, Shahzadah Khanum, are written in humor; receipt of two payments: two thousand and four hundred and twenty tumans and one thousand and three hundred and forty tumans; a note from the copyist; addressed to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch about the disapproval of the Shah and Shahzadah Mirza Tahmasb regarding the divorce of his wife; from Khurasan to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch in Tabriz, informing her on Amirzadah Khusraw Mirza's travel to Tabriz, asking her to write him about the state of the household, the yard, the...
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Woman's murder, 1911
The body of the daughter of Haji Mulla Bashi from Taliqan was found by police. Her husband, Aqa Mirza Ibrahim from Taliqan, is arrested for her murder. He had been suspicious of his wife's relationship with his nephew, Hamid Allah, and asked her father to settle the mahr and agree to divorce. The second piece of news from a few days later is about Hamid Allah's arrest.
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Arrest of ‘Aziz Aqa for carrying a gun, 1911
‘Aziz Aqa, a female entertainer, purchased a six-shooter carrier after the brothers of her divorced husband, Sayyid Hasan from Ganjah, had threatened to kill her. She was arrested for carrying the gun on her way to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Polyandry in India, 1910
An article published in the German local newspaper, Anzeiger, talks about the custom of polyandry in certain tribes in India
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Copies of letters by Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam Farahani
These writings include: a note on how Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qa’im Maqam's writing to his wife, Shahzadah Khanum, are written in humor; receipt of two payments: two thousand and four hundred and twenty tumans and one thousand and three hundred and forty tumans; a note from the copyist; addressed to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch about the disapproval of the Shah and Shahzadah Mirza Tahmasb regarding the divorce of his wife; from Khurasan to Shahzadah Khanum Kuch in Tabriz, informing her on Amirzadah Khusraw Mirza's travel to Tabriz, asking her to write him about the state of the household, the yard, the...
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About child mortality, 1910
Regarding the importance of census and its use in social issues, rates of child mortality in Tehran, and the need to educate mothers in health and hygiene
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Tayirah's essays in Iran-i naw, 1909
Tayirah's writings on the education of women published in issues no. 65, 69, 78, 84, and 92 of Iran-i naw