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Complaint by Khvajah Ghukiz about a Chaldean woman, 1909
Complaint by Khvajah Ghukiz, son of Khvajah Minas Tajir Bashi (merchant), to Kashif al-Saltanah in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding his annoyance with a Chaldean woman. He threatens to kill the woman if she comes to bother him at his house or in the street again.
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Correspondence regarding claim by Parviz Khan's sister, 1916 to 1917
Documents include a petition by the sister of Parviz Khan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claiming that ‘Aziz Khan Ihtisham Huzur refrains from returning her belongings; a letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking the Police Department for a background check on Ihtisham Huzur; and the result of Ihtisham Huzur's clearance and referrring the complaint to the public court.
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Report of a woman's murder in Kangavar
Petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the injustice by Sari Aslan, the Governor of Kangavar, and Haji Muhammad Baqir's sons pillaging the peasants and killing a woman
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Regarding Rahat Khanum's claim about a burglary, 1899
A Jewish woman, Rahat Khanum, claims her silk clothes have been stolen. Out of four suspects, they have only interrogated the writer's servant, who has denied the charge. Rahat Khanum has refused to pay for the court expenses and is currently staying out of sight. The writer complains about the unclear status of the servant.
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Petition regarding Mawlud's murder, 1899
Petition regarding the closing of the murder case of Mawlud, whose only inheritor is her sister, an Iranian national, by ‘Aziz, an Ottoman national; the writer is requesting the return of the crime weapons held by Mirza Mahmud, who insists on getting permission from the Ottoman Embassy.
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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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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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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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Correspondence regarding the murder of Hakim Haq Nazar, 1899
Including 1- a petition by Rahil to Mushir al-Dawlah, regarding the murder of her husband, Haq Nazar, a Jewish doctor in Kurdistan. She claims the murderers were hired by Ishaq, another Jewish doctor; 2- a telegraph from Muhammad Yusuf from Kurdistan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran, regarding the murder of Haq Nazar by Fattah, son of ‘Abd al-Rahman, Ma‘ruf, and another person -- all Ottoman nationals. The murderers are in jail but ‘Abd al-Rahman is conducting a sit-in at Hajar Khatun Imamzadah and the house of Shaykh Shukr Allah. The writer requests accountability from the...