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Justice Department to Nuzhat al-Dawlah, 1909
The letter declares that Nuzhat al-Dawlah's verbal expression of impartiality regarding the butler's claim is not accepted and she should send a representative to the court so that the claim can be reviewed in the presence of the claimant.
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The Office of the Crown Prince to Nuzhat al-Dawlah, 1915
Regarding Nuzhat al-Dawlah's complaint against the Mujtahid and the consequent order for discharging his agents from the villages owned by Nuzhat al-Dawlah. The writer asks Nuzhat al-Dawlah to confirm the Mujtahid's claim that the agents have been removed so the next steps could be taken.
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Kulsum Khanum's petition against Karim Tabbakh
Documents include correspondence regarding Kulsum's petition against Karim Tabbakh. She writes that Karim Tabbakh has attacked her house and had it evacuated claiming that the woman's son had sold one third of the house to him. She complains that she has been waiting for the court's decision for too long. She asks for help and faster decision-making.
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Regarding the petition of Haji Mirza Sayyid ʻAli Muhammad Larijani's daughter
The documents include a petition from Haji Mirza Sayyid ʻAli Muhammad Larijani's daughter to the Majlis and some related correspondence. The petition is about the money that Haji Sayyid Ibrahim Larijani owed her and refused to pay. Though she compromised to get 1700 tumans instead of the original 4000 tumans debt, he still refused to pay.
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Demanding sister's inheritance, 1927
Includes a petition by Muhammad Sadiq Farsh-furush (rug seller) to the Majlis regarding his sister's bestowal of her paternal inheritance to him. Although her husband, Muhammad Rahim Najjar (carpenter) had initially agreed to give his wife's belonging to Muhammad Sadiq, he later disputed Muhammad Sadiq's claim. Moreover, he was able to reverse a verdict which was in favor of Muhammad Sadiq by means of bribing. There is also a letter from the Majlis to Muhammad Sadiq which instructs him to follow his claim via the Ministry of Justice.
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Documents related to the conflict between the villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, 1869-1941
Documents related to the conflict between two villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, arising from disputes over land boundaries and the right to water. The conflict that proceeded over years is judged by the elders of the villages, government officials, landlords, and agreements are signed and sealed by the opposing parties. However, protests, petitions, transgressions of the borders and abuses of water rights. These become subjects of some of the reports and documents listed in this item.
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Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908
Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...