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Offering for a wedding, 1911
Regarding the tradition in the villages of Gilan, in which young women are forced to give offerings to the village chief or others to be able to get married
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Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author talks about Haydar ‘Ali Khan Sartip (brigadier)'s aggression against their village and the murder of a person by shooting at a wedding ceremony
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1892
Includes issues facing several villages such as in Qaysar Abad village, where Najm al-Saltanah has issue with Karbalayi Mahdiquli, as a tenant, on it crops; the great functionality of a qanat; and increasing prices in Tehran. The writer talks about his role in the transactions of Isfandiyari and ʻAli Abad properties and several houses, as well as Najm al-Saltanah's role; the interest for Munavvar al-Saltanah's property worth forty-five thousand tumans and her willingness to sell it; and Shukuh al-Saltanah being not well.