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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar; letter from his aunt; she is concerned about the condition of her daughter, Sughra, from whom she has received no news since she was married off three or four years ago. She asks ‘Amid Lashkar to send a female peasant from Chibni or Zaviyah, along with Ma‘sum and Muhammad ‘Ali, to visit Sughra and convince her husband to bring her either to Tabriz, so her mother can see her, or to one of the villages in Chahar Uymaq, so ‘Amid Lashkar could oversee them. On the margin, Muntasir Lashkar confirms his sister's request, saying that the better option would be...
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Settlement between Haji Iskandar Khan and ‘Izzat Allah Khan Sultan's children, 1909
1 and 2- Two settlements between Riza Quli Khan (the eldest son of ‘Izzat Allah Khan Sultan), Nur Muhammad Khan (on behalf of his daughter-in-law, Munavvar Khanum, daughter of ‘Izzat Allah Khan Sultan), and the signatories as representatives of Aqa Hujjat al-Islam the guardian of the underage children of ‘Izzat Allah Khan Sultan (Muhammad Khan known as Buyuk Khan and ‘Ali Akbar Khan), and Haji Iskandar Khan the Colonel, for the ‘Assar Khanah [mill] in Chibni village in the Hashtrud district for three hundred and fifty tumans and some other properties in the same village for one thousand...
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Petition by Taqi to Hazrat ‘Illiyah ‘Aliyah
Ghulam-zadah Taqi writes to Hazrat ‘Illiyah ‘Aliyah sharing his concern about the wickedness of Mirza ‘Ali, the son of Mir ‘Abd al-‘Ali Kafi al-Mulki, toward the daughter of Mir Fattah Kafi al-Mulki. She rejected Mirza ‘Ali for marriage, stating that she is too old for marriage and has to raise her underaged children, but Mirza ‘Ali started harassing her by going to her house and on top of its roof. When she placed someone on guard in the yard, Mirza ‘Ali attempted to kill him; he also stole from the house, but returned the stolen items after the intervention of the elders and Mirza Abu...
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Letter, 1924
Regarding: delivery of the six-tuman promissory note to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; receiving the brigadier's payment to the addressee and using it to pay the debts to Karbalayi Hasan and Buyuk Khanum; inquiring about Muqtadir's action; delivery of thirty eight mans [unit of weight] of flour to the household from the village of Zaviyah; reading the addressee's letter about Sarkar ‘Illiyah to her and [her response] that she is careful with money and there is no need to remind her, that parents are friends of their children and do what is best for them; other political and work-related news; sending...
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Settlement of Asiyah Khanum over her share of her daughter's inheritance, 1905
After the death of Narjis Khatun, daughter of Mir Muhsin Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Usku, her inheritors were her mother, Asiyah Khanum; her husband, Haji Sayyid Riza; and her three children, Aminah Khatun, Mir Abu al-Hasan, and Sayyid Husayn. Haji Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali, with the power of attorney from his mother, Asiyah Khanum, settles her share of inheritance with Haji Sayyid Muhammad, who has the power of attorney from his brother, Haji Sayyid Riza, father and guardian of Narjis Khatun's three underage children, in exchange for three thousand seven hundred tumans.
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Will of Muhammad Zaman, 1844
Haji Muhammad Zaman, son of Haji Muhammad Baqir from Usku, appoints Haji Mir Hashim, son of Mir Mustafa from Usku, as the executor of his will and has determined how his inheritance should be divided, including the properties that should be divided among his three sons, Qasim, Ahmad, and Muhammad Kazim. They will be responsible for paying their wives' mahr from their shares. The will also includes payment of his own wife (Narjis Khatun)'s mahr as well as twenty-two tumans; repaying a twenty tuman loan to Haji ‘Ali Akbar; endowment of listed properties and assigning his sons as the...