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Complaint against Fath al-Dawlah, 1920
Two brothers, Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli and ʻAli Akbar, complain to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, against Fath al-Dawlah, who left his wife, the sister of these two brothers, and his child 15 months ago. In this period, his child died and these two brothers, who have their own families to feed, must now provide for their sister too; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to this Ministry that Fath al-Dawlah, who works for the British and had been in Hamadan for business, had married, but left his wife after the business was completed. These brothers...
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Jewish woman requests divorce from her Muslim convert husband, 1899
Petition by a Jewish woman whose husband, Mahdi, previously Jewish, has converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman. He does not agree to divorce his Jewish wife and demands she also convert to Islam, which she refuses to do.
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Settlements of Mushir al-Dawlah, Quds al-Dawlah, and Zahra Khanum, 1882 to 1900
1-Description of transactions and successions of ownership of properties in Tuysirkan: settlement between Mirza Nasr Allah Khan and Ja‘far Quli Khan on the letterhead of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The properties of Qanbar ‘Ali Khan Sa‘d al-Dawlah was inherited by his wife, Naz Baygum Khanum and his three sons, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, Mirza Ja‘far Quli Khan, and Khan Baba Khan. Naz Baygum Khanum purchased Muhammad ‘Ali Khan's share and her properties were inherited by her son Khan Baba Khan and her three daughters: Huma Khanum, Turan Khanum, and Iran Khanum. After Iran Khanum's death, Khan...
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Documents regarding Liqaʼ Khanum
Mirza Abu al-Hasan, a citizen of the Ottoman Empire, whose children are in Kurdistan, died in Mecca. After his death, his wife, Liqaʼ Khanum married Shaykh Ibrahim, as a result of which, she lost custody of her children. Haji Muhammad, who is the executor of Abu al-Hasan's will, complains against Liqaʼ Khanum because she does not acknowledge the change of custodianship and has taken possession of properties that were in the hands of other guardians.
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Complaint by Sadiq Khan's wife, 1899
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks the Government of Kurdistan to summon Sadiq Khan from Kurdistan (who used to be Amir Nizam's agent in Tabriz) and demands he settle the status of his marriage. Six years ago, Sadiq Khan married a woman in Tehran and since then he has neither paid her alimony nor divorced her.
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On the nomads' attacks, 1910
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to its office in Urumiyah regarding the assault by nomads on the village of Qaraguz, which is owned by the inheritors of Taqi Bayg
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Regarding the transfer of Ibrahim's belongings to his wife, 1899-1900
Correspondence regarding Sayyid Ibrahim's belongings, which were transferred to his Russian wife before his death, in compliance with the local laws; hence his belongings cannot be transferred to his brother who is an Iranian national
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Letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Nasir al-Mulk, 1904
Regarding the complaint by the Ottoman Embassy against the Government of Kurdistan for not investigating the claims by Ottoman nationals, including the case of Shatir Sulayman, who has forcefully taken his daughter, the wife of an Ottoman national, to his own home.
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Regarding Tuba Khanum's salary, 1911
Documents include a letter of confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding salaries of inheritors of Mirza ‘Ali Khan Sartip (brigadier): his wife and son, Tuba Khanum (daughter of Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim) and Mirza Mahmud Khan; Tuba Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Husayn Khan to represent and receive her salary; and her identity verification and salary form
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Daughters of Vakil al-Sifarah's complaint, 1919-1920
Documents relating the follow-up to the daughters of Vakil al-Sifarat's complaint about not receiving their share of inheritance, including: Farah al-Saltanah's call for justice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She writes that after her father's death, his financial documents were kept in two boxes sealed at the embassies of Britain and the Ottoman Empire, but they are now in the posession of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and she wants the boxes opened. In another document, Sayf Allah Khan, the son of Amir Muqtadir Kirmanshahi, lodges a complaint against his wife, Farah al-Saltanah,...
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