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Letter from Mirza Lutf Allah from Asadabad to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
The writer, after sending his gratitude and expressing his service and devotion to the addressee, writes about his work for Muhammad Husayn Khan, grandchild of Sahib Ikhtiyar, per Sahib Ikhtiyar's request. He notes the difficulties of working for Muhammad Husayn Khan and his delay and incompetence in paying workers' wages; despite promising the author to pay his salary, Taji Khanum is reluctant to do so. At the end, he asks the addressee to order that his salary be paid.
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Iranian men's assault on a Russian woman, 1899
Iranian Consulate report about four Iranian peasants who assaulted a pregnant Russian woman. She was rescued and the Iranians were arrested. The Consulate has done all in its power to release them.
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Regarding Malakah Jahan's property tenant
Letter by Quch‘ali Muvaffaq al-Mulk, Malakah Jahan Khanum's steward, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recounting the actions of Riza Quli, a tenant of the Sa’in Qal‘ah and Nasir Abad properties, who has stolen some grains and refused to pay his rent, ousted Mirza ‘Ali Khan from the village, seizing his guns, horses, and household furnishings, harassed the village peasants, and captured and chained Haj Kalb‘ali and Haj Sabz‘ali, Malakah Jahan's stewards.
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Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrin, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to Haydarlu village, includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his...
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Kulliyat of Tajmah Khanum
Tajmah Khanum wrote this book, composed of three parts. The first part consists of nearly 120 verses. The first poem is a sonnet written by the poet when she was 16 and the last one was written to praise Riza Shah. The second part is more than 20 letters and notes, which are mostly administrative and legal. Other letters were addressed to women who where contemporaries of Tajmah Khanum. The third part of this book is a selection of poems by Persian poets from Rudaki to the Qajar period.
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