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Letter
Confidential letter, regarding Aqa-yi Mu‘tamad, who died when the roof fell on his chest during the night and injured his heart.
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Petition about an injured girl
Petition addressed to Hasan Durudi Munshi Bashi, estate administrator for Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, seeking assistance for a girl injured when she fell from a tree.
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Letter
A letter about payment of the camel drivers' stipend, Ramazan Bayk's journey to Kashan, a fire at Quruq Sayf, Qasim (the bald)'s wife's stealing money from Muhammad Sadiq, and the writer's request to the recipient for a verdict in this matter.
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Letter about Major Imbrie's injury
Letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister reporting the murder of the U.S Vice Consul in Iran, Major Imbrie. According to the report, after the news of a miracle at the Saqqa Khanah on Shaykh Hadi avenue arrived and people start gathering in front of the Saqqa Khanah, Major Imbrie, along with another American friend, went to the scene and started photographing the crowd. Some people who were offended by the fact that their women were being photographed attacked him. He was injured and was taken to the police hospital and, despite the attempts of European and Iranian doctors, died after...
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Letter
The writer, grateful for the wheat the addressee sent to them via Sadiq Lashkar, explains giving a portion to the writer's father, selling another portion, and using the rest to make flour; discusses mother's illness; says that the sister and her daughter have come to stay at the writer's house, that her family is paying the daughter's expenses but nothing for the sister; notes the difficulty to afford buying fuel; mentions Haji Musa, who was supposed to pay a monthly amount of two tumans, but only paid the first month and asks the addressee to talk to him, since that money could be used to...
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1960
Includes greetings, expresses his happiness for Azar's well-being after the car accident, asks her to send Fatimah and Faridah's letters, and advises Ghulamhusayn to study and improve his English
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Petitions and requests submitted to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Munshi Bashi
Petitions and requests, including the following: one to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam petitioning for assistance in recovering Fatimah Sultan Khanum's share of her father's inheritance. Fatimah Sultan Khanum was the daughter of Haj Muhammad Baqir, the sister of Yumn al-Saltanah, and the wife of Asad Allah Sarhang. Another is a petition to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami about the division of inheritance and the reply; another is a petition to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam from the mother of a murdered man; in another, an unidentified woman asks Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to intervene in an...
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Letter from Muhammad ‘Amiri to his wife, Azarmidukht, 1945
Includes greetings and talks about sending partridge, citrus fruits, receiving rice, Hasan's injury, and requests for letters and newspapers
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Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...
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Giti Afruz Humayunfar's interview
Giti Afruz Humayunfar's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Samila Amir Ebrahimi, on April 18, 2017. Giti Khanum shares memories from her own life, her mother and father, and other family members.
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