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Petition of four women from Kurdistan, 1922
Documents include the following: a petition to the Majlis written by Mahtaban, Najibah, Hamidah, and Khvurshid Laqaʼ complaining about the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan, which did not restore to them the rights that had been denied by Qavam al-Tujjar and Salar Mufakhkham; the women's complaint about not receiving their due in spite of the official order from the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan and their request that their rights be restored with the help of gendarmes; the response of Majlis to the Ministry of Justice, requesting that it take their complaint...
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Hamidah Khanum's petition
Documents related to Hamidah Khanum's complaint, including: the petition of Mansur Nizam and his wife, Hamidah Khanum, to the Majlis, complaining that an unknown Sayyid has claimed the ownership of their property; the Majlis asks the Ministry of Justice to follow the case of Mansur Nizam and Hamidah Khanum's petition and inform the Majlis of the outcome; the Ministry of Justice informs the Majlis that it has ordered its office in Kurdistan to settle the issue and that complainants should go to the office in Kurdistan; Hamidah Khanum complains to the Majlis about the claim of a Sayyid to...
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Telegram by Kalhur clan elders, 1920 or 1921
Telegram regarding the distress caused by Amir A‘zam's government on the Kalhur clan, including taking money from the peasants and torturing the village chiefs; the clan elders are holding a sit-in at the Kirmanshah court, and their wives and children have been roaming the desert.
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Complaint about wife's abduction, 1911
Panus Ibn Sulayman Kaldani (Chaldean) from Tabriz claims that Monsieur Gausine, a Belgian national who manages the customs department in Azarbayjan, has abducted the writer's wife
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Dispute over a bathhouse, 1927
Correspondence regarding Anvari Tutunchi (tobacconist)'s complaint, including a petition to the Governor of Saqqiz and Banah and the Majlis, as well as correspondence between the Majlis and the Ministry of Interior; Anvari claims that his father had purchased a bathhouse from Mr. Amini a few years ago, but now Mr. Amini's sister (‘Abd Allah Khan's wife) claims ownership, and due to her connections is supported by the government of Saqqiz. The writer demands a review of the case in a court under the Ministry of Justice.