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Nazimah Sultan's bestowal to Ottoman parliament, 1910
Nazimah Sultan, an Ottoman princess, has donated her summerhouse to the Ottoman parliament
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Zahra Khanum ʻArab to the head of the Ottoman Customs House, 1912
The author complains about the unauthorized presence of some Bakhtiyari men in her two houses and asks Shahbandar (the head of the Ottoman Customs House) to force an evacuation of the two houses
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Ottoman women's proposal, 1910
Two women, one the wife of Husayn Hilmi Pasha, the former premier, and the other the sister of Ahmad Riza Bayg, head of the parliament, met with the Sultan as representatives of Ottoman women and offered their social reform proposal
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Letter from Isma‘il Mu‘azid al-Mulk to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1913
Discusses receiving a letter from the head of the Customs House regarding the matters of Fatimah Khanum, mother of ‘Inayat Allah Khan (son of Vakil al-Sifarah); handling the affairs of the Customs House; and sending a copy of the letter from the head of the Customs House and asking the addressee about the affairs of Fatimah Khanum
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Zahra Khanum's petition, 1912
Zahra Khanum has two houses which have been occupied by several Bakhtiyari men. She asks the addressee to give an order to evacuate her houses.
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Copy of letter from head of Customs House to Mu‘azid al-Mulk, 1913
The writer discusses Fatimah Khanum's complaint regarding the shares of her son, ‘Inayat Allah Khan, of a few farms, and mentions sending Fatimah Khanum's complaint to the addressee before, as well as affairs of the Ottoman citizens. But, the addressee has not been responsive, and the author asks him to resolve the issues.
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Letter from head of Customs House to Farid al-Mulk, 1912
Talks about issues related to the farms belonging to the heirs of Haj ‘Abd al-Rahim Vakil al-Dawlah, and mentions a settlement which indicates that these properties formerly owned by the late Umm al-Khaqan are now owned by Sardar Mu‘tazad; the properties rented by the late Mu‘in al-Ra‘aya and later Haji Mu‘addil, the attorney of ‘Inayat Allah Khan, had taken the properties from the heirs of the late Mu‘in al-Ra‘aya. The author complains to the addressee for not addressing these issues and asks him for an investigation and to give these properties back to the heir of the late Vakil al-Dawlah.
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Regarding displacement of Targavir village people, 1907
A telegram from Imamquli in Urumiyah to Atabak A‘zam in Tehran regarding the pillage of Mavanah and Targavir villages by the Ottoman nomads, and the killing of eighteen men and sixty-six women and children. Around three thousand people, mostly Christians, from the neighboring villages, have fled to Urumiyah and are in need of food and clothing; the writer has been collecting aid from the elite and merchants of Urumiyah and is asking for the government's assistance, suggesting that any aid should be delivered via the Christian clergy who will distribute it among their people.
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Regarding complaints by the Christians of Azarbayjan, 1910
Correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, their office in Urumiyah, a representative of the Christian population in Azarbayjan, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the complaints by the Christians against the nomadic Kurds who plunder their villages and abduct Christian girls, as well as the complaint by the French and American embassies in support of the Christians.
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Complaint against Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman camp, 1915
Includes a petition to the Majlis regarding the harassment by Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman army in Karand, ruining and pillaging villages, the arrest and execution of the people of the Kalhur, Sanjabi, and Guran clans, and the capture of fifty women from the families residing in the vicinity of the Karand caravansary and accusing them of theft. Also includes a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ra’uf Bayg and Ottomans harassing people who live near the borders and the attack by Isma‘il Haqi Bayg on the Sanjabi clan, ruining and setting fire to the village of Hajim...
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