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Marriage provision of Khadijah Khanum, 1910
Haj ‘Alimuhammad the merchant from Milan has undertaken to pay the mahr for Khadijah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid ‘Ali, in case her husband, Haj Ahmad Aqa the merchant from Khuy, is unable to pay it within three months of this document, whether in Khuy, Tehran, or Mashhad. Haj Ahmad Aqa has pledged that Haj ‘Alimuhammad's payment will be counted towards his debt of 334 boxes of tea, whose value is thirteen thousand and six hundred tumans.
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Letter and envelope with Hamid's seal, addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar the secretary of the army brigade; about: receiving the 26-tuman promissory note via Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Dilmaqan and delivering it to ‘Amid Lashkar's mother to pay off his debts; Habib Allah Sultan's nausea and dizziness due to breathing the gas from the kursi charcoal; baking homemade bread from flour and Sultan's order to bring wheat from the village; other issues regarding letters, Muqtadir's assignments, etc.; ‘Ali Asghar Khan's suggestion for ‘Amid Lashkar's marriage noted in Mirza Muhammad Khan's...
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar; on the marriage of ‘Azimat Khanum, suggests that the mother should be entrusted to take care of related affairs, and to refer to God and the Qur’an for divination; asks to give the fifty tumans to Fatimah Khanum, but to advise her not to overspend; sends greetings to mother and sisters; inquires about the addressee and his tutor; complains about not receiving news about Ma‘sumah and Ruqiyah over the past year and is concerned if they are dead, urging them to tell him the truth.
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Letter
About receiving the envelopes addressed to Aqa-yi Muqtadir and Muntasir; in response to the addressee's request for a list of household expenses, the writer states that there is no such account, as no one has recorded the expenses and that the small debts have been paid off, except for that of Haji Isma‘il, which will be paid soon; points out the difference between their account and that of Haji Mir Muhammad and blames the addressee for the ambiguity; discusses paying two of the household's fifteen tumans to Fatimah Khanum; reassures the addressee that bread will be provided to the...
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Regarding Hajiyah Khanum's properties
Copy of the statement by Haji Mirza Ibrahim Shari‘atmadar (local religious notable) on how Haji Aqa ‘Ali Akbar used the property owned by his wife, Hajiyah Khanum (daughter of Aqa Muhammad), became in debt and thus settled his own property to Hajiyah Khanum and her two children while paying a sum to his other two children from his temporary wives. Hajiyah Khanum dealt with Aqa ‘Ali Akbar's creditors after his death, gave her daughter her share of inheritance and married her off. Mirza Ibrahim writes about his own disagreement with this marriage and the husband's misbehaviour. Therefore,...
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Correspondence related to Siqat al-Saltanah Saduqi and Mirza Isma‘il Khan Saduqi, 1924-1925
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