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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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Settlement between Hur Nisa‘ and her son, 1904
Hur Nisa‘, daughter of the late Sha‘ban ‘Ali Bayg, transfers her residential house with the adjacent lands and the household furnishing to her son, Karbalayi Haydar, son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali Quli, in exchange for one hundred dinars and some sugar cubes. The conditions are as follows: the above properties are occupied by Hur Nisa‘ while she is alive and will transfer to Karbalayi Haydar after her death. In case of Hur Nisa‘’s sickness, Karbalayi Haydar is responsible for costs of her food, clothing, and medicine; also, he will be responsible for the funeral expenses after Hur Nisa‘’s...