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Telegram from Shir Muhammad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1904
About the looting of the herds of Shuja‘ Lashkar; the killing of a man and a woman and injuring a woman by Habib, son of ‘Ali Akbar Khan, and the horsemen of Kalhur; and asking the addressee for a reply
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Letter about looting of properties
The author writes about damages done to the properties of his peasants, the killing of ten servants and peasants, wounding of five to six women and children, and burning of four to five hundred animals by Quch Bayg and his men. He asks the addressee for help.
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Telegram from Asad Allah to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Concerning the deeds of Salar al-Dawlah in Kirmanshah including appointing Pasha Khan as the Governor of Hamadan and Baqir Khan Kakavand as the governor of Kangavar, Khazal, and Asadabad. The author mentions that Salar al-Dawlah, accompanied by one thousand soldiers, went to Kangavar and Hamadan, and the residents of Kangavar ran to the Imamzadah out of fear. The author sent his household to Malayir.
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1907
The writer talks about their investigation into Husayn Khan's property after his death and the difficulty of discussing it with his inheritors including Ghulamʻali Khan, ten or twelve women, and five or six children
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Mirza Qanbar, Haji Hasan, and Muhammad Khan to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The letter reports the looting of several villages by Zargham al-Sultan and his men, the murder of one person and wounding of several others, the vulnerability of the residences of the villages, and the authors' request for help and justice
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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah), 1907
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) writes to his father, Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah and reports the death of Muzaffar al-Din Shah four days earlier (there were two days of morning ceremonies and the cornoation occurred on the day this letter was written), saying that his corpse is at Takiyah Dawlat and despite his own wish to be buried in Karbala’, clerics disagree. In other news, he describes how a German citizen and his wife were robbed and [sexually] assaulted in Kahrizak and that the members of the Shah's cavalry responsible for this have been arrested and are...
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Haydar Quli, 1919
Investigation of the murder of Haydar Quli with the order of Hisam al-Mulk's wife. Includes correspondence among the Governors of Savah and Zarand, Tehran, and Hamadan. According to a report by the gendarmerie, Hisam al-Mulk's wife stopped at Gharq Abad village on her way to Hamadan. During the night, Haydar Quli entered her house intending to commit robbery but one of the servants arrested him. In the morning, while he attempted to escape, he was shot in the back by the servant. However, the peasants of Gharq Abad claimed in a petition that there was a fight between Haydar Quli and one of...
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Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...
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- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(4)
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(1)
- Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah)(1)
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar(1)
- Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)(1)
- Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi(1)
- Mahmud Nizam Mafi(1)
- Khadijah Sultan (wife of Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi)(1)
- Abu al-Fath Mirza Salar al-Dawlah(1)