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Regarding the petition of Safar and Ruqiyah against the wife of Lutf ʻAli Khan, the officer of the army
Safar and Ruqaiyyah write that their twelve year old daughter was killed by the wife of Lutf ʻAli Khan, the officer of army, the master of the house in which they worked as domestic servants. The girl was alive for a week and doctors could witness that she died because of being beaten by Lutf ʻAli Khan's wife. Lutf ʻAli Khan confessed that his wife beat the girl, but no one was willing to pursue the case, so Safar and Ruqaiyyah asked the Majlis to investigate the case and help them in achieving justice for the poor girl.
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Regarding Balqays Khanum's petition
Correspondence about Balqays Khanum's petition regarding her nephew, Muhammad. Balqays writes that Muhammad was falsely accused of murder. Therefore, she sought help to save him.
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Arrest for intoxication and disruptive actions, 1911
Arrest of A[qa] Shaykh for being drunk and going to a woman's house and attempting to assault her
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Murder of a woman, 1909
About the murder of a woman by another woman, and the arrest of Hasan‘ali Khan Bakhtiyari because of his mediation on ending the conflict rather than reporting it to the authorities
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Shaykh Muhammad Hasan's petition, 1915
Petition by Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the representative from Garus, to the Majlis regarding the plunders and crimes committed by Salar al-Dawlah and others during the Majlis closure. The writer describes how Mirza, son of Bahram Khalifah from Gulbagh, attacked the village of Chishmah Kazim and put his father's building on fire, where people, including women, had taken shelter, and raped the women. While Mirza was arrested and taken to a Kurdistan court by Sardar Muhay, he was not punished and continues his crimes.
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Letter from wife of Hamd Allah Khan to Iran-i naw, 1911
Wife of Hamd Allah Khan complaining about his arrest; along with the related news regarding Hamid [Hamd] Allah's arrest published a few days earlier
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Murder of three-year-old daughter, 1911
A man, who has two wives, kills his own daughter from his first wife, so that he could divorce her mother.
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Letter from Nimtaj to Iran-i naw, 1911
Letter from Nimtaj regarding the murder of her husband, Lutf‘ali Mu’addab al-Sultan
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Regarding wife's escape, 1928
Includes a petition by ‘Abd Allah Surkh from Kurdistan to the Majlis regarding Nayib Hasan Khan who has taken Shirin, the writer's wife, to his house along with four hundred tumans and some household furnishings. ‘Abd Allah's complaints have been in vain and he does not trust the local Sunni judge, claiming that he once married off a woman to a dervish in exchange for three hundred tumans. There is also a letter from the Majlis to ‘Abd Allah Surkh instructing him to take his case to the Ministry of Justice.
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Woman's murder, 1911
The body of the daughter of Haji Mulla Bashi from Taliqan was found by police. Her husband, Aqa Mirza Ibrahim from Taliqan, is arrested for her murder. He had been suspicious of his wife's relationship with his nephew, Hamid Allah, and asked her father to settle the mahr and agree to divorce. The second piece of news from a few days later is about Hamid Allah's arrest.