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Rental agreement of a food shop from Khanum Kuchak Khanum, 1863
Rental agreement of a food shop in bazaar by Riza the cook, son of Habib, from Khanum Kuchak Khanum, daughter of ‘Ali, for a period of 5 years in exchange for 40 tumans. According to this agreement, the tenant is responsible for repairs and snow shoveling.
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Lease of Fakhr al-Dawlah's shop, 1927
An agreement according to which Husayn ʻAli (a Tabrizi merchant), the son of Muhammad Ismaʻil (the merchant), rents a shop from Ismaʻil (the superintendent of Amir's section in the bazar) and Aqa Yusuf (signing on behalf of Fakhr al-Dawlah). The length of the lease is 10 years and it holds Fakhr al-Dawlah responsible for maintenance of the property.
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Settlement between Bibi Khanum Sahib and Aqa Sayyid ‘Abd al-Riza ‘Attar, 1908
Settlement of Bibi Khanum Sahib (Sughra), the daughter of Haj Muhammad Kazim ‘Attar [the herbalist] Shirazi and the wife of Karbalayi Haj ‘Ali Shirazi, with Aqa Sayyid ‘Abd al-Riza ‘Attar, the son of Sayyid ‘Ali Akbar Shirazi, and Haj Muhammad Husayn ‘Attar, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad Ja‘far Bayg Shirazi, regarding the shares of a property, including the repair and decoration of an herbal shop at Qavam al-Mulk Bazaar, for ninety tumans. Mashhadi Asad Allah and Karbalayi Fath Allah, the sons of Karbalayi Haj ‘Ali Shirazi, have confirmed this settlement (August 4, 1908). On the margins:...
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Sale agreement between Fatimah Sultan Baygum and Sayyid Abu al-Hasan, 1835
Agreement between Sayyid Abu al-Hasan, son of Haj Mir Abu al-Fath, and Fatimah Sultan Baygum, selling two connected stores located at the Bazaar-i Murgh in Isfahan for six tumans and five thousand dinars.
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Petition regarding the situation of Aqa Khan Mir Panj's inheritors
Petitioners write to Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali Aqa Mujtahid regarding the late Aqa Khan Mir Panj's inheritors. Three-sixths of Baba Rud village, Aqa Khan Mir Panj's inheritance, has been rented to Fath‘ali Aqa, who has not generated enough returns on the land due to his mismanagement and lack of know-how. This is causing the decay of the property. As a result, the inheritors are in a dire situation. One son, Lutf‘ali Khan died in the bazaar from hunger; a daughter lives in an orphanage, and others manage by begging. The petitioners claim that with better management, the property will produce...
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Hajiyah Zivar Sultan and Karbalayi Muhammad ‘Ali's debts to each other, 1904 to 1906
Hajiyah Zivar Sultan's debt to Karbalayi Muhammad ‘Ali, known as Aqa Guli ‘Alaqah-band [the silk maker], which includes home expeditures worth two thousand dinars per tuman, living expenses worth one thousand dinars per tuman, several cash payments, and more living expenses worth three thousand dinars per tuman; Karbalayi Muhammad ‘Ali's debt to Hajiyah Zivar Sultan includes silk-making expenses, one thousand and five hundred dinars per month for rent for Mashhadi Muhammad Taqi ‘Alaqah-band's store, one thousand dinars per month for rent for Haji Mahmud ‘Alaqah-band's store, six thousand...
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Invoices for expenses and rents, 1905 and 1906
List of the expenses that Haji Abu al-Qasim ‘Alaqah-band [the silk maker] has incurred for the underaged children of the late Haji Muhammad Tajir [the merchant] and a list of what Haji Abu al-Qasim ‘Alaqah-band has received in return from the rental of different stores belonging to the late Haji Muhammad Tajir.
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Haji Abu al-Qasim's invoices for children's expenses, 1905
List of what Haji Abu al-Qasim ‘Alaqah-band [the silk maker] has given to Khanum Batul for children's expenses
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Letter, 1924
About: sending three pairs of socks and a handkerchief via ‘Abd al-‘Ali Bayg and a rug in the near future; obtaining butter from Mr. Sawlat for making ghee; attaching the two letters received from the village; warning Aqa Sultan about the injustice of his attendant, Hazrat Quli, toward the new peasants of Aqdagh village; the rent from the village of Zaviyah; sending wheat and flour to the addressee's household, since obtaining bread from the bazaar is not beneficial for the ‘Amidiyah family; Buyuk Khanum's attending the Namus school; purchasing sour grapes for the household; and Sarkar...
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar; discusses receiving a twenty-five tuman promissory note via the merchant of Dilmaqan and delivering it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah, the delay in the payment of their salaries and other work-related issues, the cold weather, leveling of the roads, the new street, demolition of Nawbar bazaar; notes that the repairs have not yet reached their neighborhood and that the writer has not received any news from the villages because of the cold weather and closed roads; reports that Muhammad Khan and Haji ‘Abd Allah Khan have come on foot and that Sawlat...