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Letter responding to some questions
The writer responds to some questions from the addressee, explaining why Sardar Muhammad Husayn Aqa does not incude Rahim Bayg in decision-making, that Bibi Khanum was willing to evacuate, but Karbalayi Ziba Khanum did not accept it because she would get lonely in Bibi Khanum's absence, and that Hujjat al-Islam should send someone to resolve the disputes among the late Muhammad's inheritors.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to his sister-in-law and ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably from Muntasir Lashkar, in two parts: the first is addressed to his sister-in-law; it discusses the warm weather in Tehran; responds to her suggestion about purchasing a house, says he cannot afford seven hundred tumans and suggests that they could reach a decision together when he is back, and asks her to look for a rental house or a low-priced house to buy; points out that when they receive Baba Jan's salary, part of it will go to the mother and part of it to ‘Amid Lashkar; expresses concern about ‘Amid's education and his handwriting, which has not improved, in light of which he...
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Letter
The writer [probably female] sends greetings on behalf of Aqa Sayyid Ibrahim; mentions Aqa Isma‘il Aqa's stomach pain and planning to call for a doctor; claims that the female servants have become unruly, want husbands, and, in the abscence of the addressee, wear their chador and leave the house; notes that they could have married them off to the male servants, had they not been dismissed; reports that they have sent Ahmad, who has grown up, to live outside the house, but he has now befriended Kulsum, and, according to a rumor, is planing to rent a house and take Kulsum with him; because of...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1924
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar the secretary of the army brigade in Urumiyah, dated November 17, 1924; the letter shares some news and requests in an itemized format, including the whitewashing of all rooms' walls; payment of debts; an attempt to obtain payments from Ghaffar al-Sultan, son of Hasanlu; failing to receive money from Mr. Sawlat; that the brigadier has sent a pair of geese and a six-month old lamb; obtaining the remaining seven thousand [dinars?] from the mirror makers and giving it to Sarkar ‘Illiyah; not receiving wheat and flour from the villages of Zaviyah and Varaqah...
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Letter
About Na’ib Muhammad Khan leaving for Kalat with his family and how the writer had to rent a room in a house; complains about having no servants, caregivers, rugs, or household furnishings; s/he has asked Akram Khanum for help; and then mentions Husayn Khan and wonders whether he is at his uncle's house or at his new friend from Tehran's.
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Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1886
Letter from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar [Mirza Abu Turab], appreciating the addressee's letter of condolences, wondering about the addressee's harsh criticism towards him, complaining about his situation and his children, and talking about ‘Amid Lashkar's mother feeling better
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Letter to Mirza Abu Turab Khan, 1893
Letter addressed to Mirza Abu Turab Khan, about receiving his letter, encouraging him to memorize the Qur’an and pay attention to his studies, purchasing clothing for him, his sister, his cousin, and Mirza Mahdi Khan, and mentioning repair of the pool in the yard; seal of ‘Amid Lashkar on verso
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, sent from Rasht, about prayer and ablution after intercourse; power of attorney to perform divorce, marriage, and other legal contracts; ownership of dowries after the passing of either the parents or the daughter; responsibility for costs of food, medicine, and a doctor for a woman who is living in her parents' house
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