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Umm al-Khaqan's debts
After the death of Umm al-Khaqan (wife of Muzaffar al-Din Shah), Farmanfarma's mother-in-law, Malakah Jahan (wife of Muhammad Ali Shah) asks him to pay Umm al-Khaqan's debts to her. According to the documents that Malakah Jahan holds, Umm al-Khaqan once borrowed 4000 tumans from Malakah Jahan and borrowed 800 tumans from her on another occasion. Another document (dated November 2, 1908) is a request from Iftikhar al-Tujjar to give 4000 tumans to Umm al-Khaqan's agents. The third document (dated November 14 and 16, 1908) is a receipt recording the payment of 800 tumans to Umm al-Khaqan's...
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Regarding Rahat Khanum's claim about a burglary, 1899
A Jewish woman, Rahat Khanum, claims her silk clothes have been stolen. Out of four suspects, they have only interrogated the writer's servant, who has denied the charge. Rahat Khanum has refused to pay for the court expenses and is currently staying out of sight. The writer complains about the unclear status of the servant.
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Regarding Gulabatun's theft, 1903
Correspondence between the Government of Kurdistan (Nasir al-Mulk) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding a claim by Ottoman officials about delinquency in the investigation of theft by Gulabatun, the servant of Aqa Yahya (an Ottoman national); the Government of Kurdistan rejects any negligence and reports that they have investigated Gulabatun's claim on giving the stolen property to a soldier named ‘Abd al-Hamid, who has denied the allegations in the interrogation. Meanwhile, Gulabatun is still living in Aqa Yahya's house.