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Correspondence related to Shawkat Khanum's petition, 1930
Includes a petition by Shawkat Khanum, wife of Muhammad Khan Samadi, to the Majlis, explaining that after the branch of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan was closed down, her husband was unemployed for a while and then started working at the Qum branch of the Ministry. Shawkat Khanum and her children are in despair and demand Muhammad Khan's return to his previous job in Kurdistan; a Majlis summary that notes she also demands her husband's seven months delinquent wage; and a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of Justice asking for their attention.
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Petition to collect husband's rights
Copy of the petition written by the wife of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band [silk dealer] from Shiraz to the governor of Fars asking him to retrieve her entitlement from a sale agreement between her husband and Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Muhammad Hasan Khan Sartip [brigadier], son of the late Fath‘ali Khan from Nayriz, over one-sixth of Hasanabad farm of Nayriz
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Petition of Haydar Khan's wife to Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah, 1914
Petition by the wife of Haydar Khan (from Sarab) to Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah, who complains that her husband left her to live in Sarab seven years ago, one year after their marriage. He neither comes back nor pays her alimony. She mentions her previous complaints were to no avail and urges Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah to order Haydar Khan to take her to Sarab or pay her alimony or divorce her. On the margin, Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah has ordered Isma‘il Khan Amir Tuman to rectify her situation.
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Correspondence regarding the claims against Shams al-Muluk and her brother by Sardar Mujallal and ‘Abd al-Hamid Sultan, 1922 to 1923
Regarding the claims by Sardar Mujallal and ‘Abd al-Hamid Sultan against Shams al-Muluk Khanum (daughter of ‘Amir A‘zam and wife of Hisam al-Dawlah) and her brother, Yad Allah ‘Amir A‘zam, over inheritence, the issues with serving subpoenas due to Shams al-Muluk's moving and traveling; documents include correspondence between Justice Departments in Tehran, Kirman, Kirmanshah, Simnan, Shahrud, Damghan, and Arak [‘Iraq-i ‘Ajam]; part of ‘Abd al-Hamid Sultan's claim is against Fakhr al-Muluk (Mahdiquli Mirza's wife).
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Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1890
Haji Sayyid Yahya Adib al-Shu‘ara’ (from Tabriz)'s petition discusses the pension of Mulla Yahya and ʻAbd Allah Bayg, the hardships the author went through during his pilgrimage to Mecca, and the delay in paying one-third of Mulla Yahya's belongings to his inheritors. This delay was caused by the heir of Haji Muhammad Baqir who is the Kadkhuda (village chief) of a village, which is owned by Surur al-Saltanah. His appointees sabotaged the payment despite the efforts of Mustashar al-Sultan. At the end, the author refers to the necessity of paying the one-third and asks the addressee to...
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Correspondence regarding the murder of Haydar Quli, 1919
Investigation of the murder of Haydar Quli with the order of Hisam al-Mulk's wife. Includes correspondence among the Governors of Savah and Zarand, Tehran, and Hamadan. According to a report by the gendarmerie, Hisam al-Mulk's wife stopped at Gharq Abad village on her way to Hamadan. During the night, Haydar Quli entered her house intending to commit robbery but one of the servants arrested him. In the morning, while he attempted to escape, he was shot in the back by the servant. However, the peasants of Gharq Abad claimed in a petition that there was a fight between Haydar Quli and one of...
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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...
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