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Settlements of Hajiyah Baygum Khanum and Mirza Abu Turab ‘Amid Lashkar, 1915
Settlements of Hajiyah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn Sar Rishtah Dar [the paymaster], with Mirza Abu Turab Khan ‘Amid Lashkar, the son of Mirza Fath Allah Khan Sar Rishtah Dar [the paymaster]: 1- parts of the village of Zaviyah in exchange for seventy-nine tumans and two thousand and five hundred dinars (February 5, 1915); 2- a settlement, with a revocation clause for thirty years, for all her belongings, including pack animals, household furnishings, women's clothing, gold, cash, and grain in exchange for fifteen nabats [crystal candy], provided that Mirza Abu Turab...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, probably from Muntasir Lashkar; about receiving the papers, envelopes, promissory notes, and clothing; inquires about Baba Khan's salary; discusses taxes, grain receipts, and other related financial issues; declares that he is sending a fifty-tuman promissory note in preparation for winter and asks ‘Amid Lashkar to give five tumans of it to Karbalayi Khanum; sends greetings to Hamid al-Sultan; expresses his worry about Ma‘sumah Sultan's illness, thanks his sister-in-law for taking care of her, and then says that he is concerned about the increasing expenses of...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar the secretary of the army brigade in Urumiyah, dated November 17, 1924; the letter shares some news and requests in an itemized format, including the whitewashing of all rooms' walls; payment of debts; an attempt to obtain payments from Ghaffar al-Sultan, son of Hasanlu; failing to receive money from Mr. Sawlat; that the brigadier has sent a pair of geese and a six-month old lamb; obtaining the remaining seven thousand [dinars?] from the mirror makers and giving it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; not receiving wheat and flour from the villages of Zaviyah and Varaqah...