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Transfer of properties from Sayyid Mahmud to Bibi Ruqiyah
A note indicating that the writer [probably Sayyid Mahmud Musavi Ruknabadi] has given his wife, Bibi Ruqiyah, all his household furnishings. He writes that the two carpets that he has brought from Mecca for his wife as souvenirs belong to her, as do all the stable's animals, the trees of Sarshah, the trees behind Sayyid ʻAlaʼ al-Din Musavi's garden, the pistachio trees, and every tree that belongs to the writer.
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Complaint against Banu-yi ‘Uzma, 1911
Complaint against her for ordering two sheep to be slaughtered because she had suspected that the sheep ate the leaves of the trees on her land
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1916
Mentions the addressee's correspondence; describes the Persian garden she and Mrs. Kappes are staying at for their vacation and rest, accompanied by Dr. Draeger, the head of German School, and his wife who converted to Baha’ism; how the wife of Dr. Draeger had fallen from the roof of the school and has a severe injury, and Sarah Clock is taking good care of her in the garden; notes that Mrs. Kappes has instituted many methods and improvements in the school that are copied by the other Persian girls' schools; and writes of Mrs. Kappes' meeting with the five men of the school committee and...
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Report by Mahdi
Reports the looting of several farms by the people of Sulat al-Saltanah, and the escape of the peasants. The author asks Khanum Jayran (Sulat al-Saltanah's sister), who sent someone to visit the farms, to determine how much to compensate. But, she can not afford the compensation.