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Husayn al-Husayni to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Husayn al-Husayni reports to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about several events, including a contagious disease in Najaf, Karbala’, and Kazimayn and the battle happening in Mandalij and inquiries about it. The author also writes about the story of a woman who asks Ahmad Khan to help her get divorced from her ill Ottoman husband. Ahmad Khan had given her a place to stay but then he and his son raped her. After her complaint, Ahmad Khan and his son were expelled from Mandalij. Now an investigator has come to Mandalij for the case and asks the woman to show up in court again to answer some...
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Report to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author reports to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma the news of the Democratic Party regarding 'Ali Akbar Khan taking Aqa Rahim hostage for pushing the government to release ‘Ali Murad Khan. Also, the writer reports the poor quality of bread in the bakeries, and the sit-in of eight women protesting the detention of their husbands in relation to a wool purchase.
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Description of Iranian women by a Russian reporter, 1909
The writer criticizes an article written by a Russian female reporter published in a St. Petersburg newspaper, which describes Iranian women in what he calls an insulting way
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Article about English suffragettes, 1911
Article by an English woman about a women's protest at Westminster and the arrest of women by the police; one of the representatives has questioned the Minister of Interior, Churchill, about police actions. Part of the article criticizes government actions and advocates for the participation of women in politics because of their tax contributions and their role in the economy, and emphasizes the need for law reforms.
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Regarding Fatimah Khanum's complaint, 1903-1904
Including 1- Fatimah Khanum’s petition regarding the killing of her husband, ‘Alikhan, who was an Iranian government official, and the theft of his belongings. Fatimah Khanum is at a loss to provide for her children and requests a pension; 2- The petition’s envelope with a note on the margin addressed to Atabak A‘zam; 3- A letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Dabir Hazrat, the government official in Sulaymaniyah, advising him to inform Fatimah Khanum that she or her attorney should visit Kirkuk and file a claim so that the Iranian government could inquire to the Ottoman government...
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Murder in response to assault, 1910
Letter from Ahmad Mujallal al-Mulk, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ representative in Urumiyah about Benjamin, a Christian employee of the French missionaries who killed Petrus, a Christian Ottoman national, after he assaulted Benjamin’s daughter, Benjamin’s consequent arrest and imprisonment by the Ottoman Shahbandar, and Shahbandar’s dismissing the request for holding a trial. After Benjamin's temporary release following his illness and his complaint against his prolonged imprisonment in the absence of any trials, the writer repeated his request for a trial, only to be refused again by...
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News related to the arrest of a Bakhtiyari man, 1911
News related to a Bakhtiyari man, published in issues 53 to 56 of Iran-i naw: A Bakhtiyari man, called Amir, was arrested for kidnapping a woman. He was released after it became clear that the woman was his mut‘a wife. The Trade Association of bazaar representatives visited the Cabinet and discussed the issue of the Bakhtiyari man and another incident near a pistachio garden. Sardar As‘ad confirms the man’s innocence, and refutes the pistachio garden incident altogether.
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Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...
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Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...
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