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Mushir al-Dawlah's financial document, 1905
According to the owner of the Collection, Mirza Nasr Allah Mushir al-Dawlah has listed his debts and what is owed to him in order to draft his will. The document is on the letterhead of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Letter from Hamid
Probably from Hamid al-Sultan, complaining that the addressee does not send letters, mentioning sending a letter to Asif al-Sultan and Aqa-yi Muntasir to ask for financial assistance; discussing the will of the father, the inheritors, and carrying of his corpse, and urging the addressee to write to Sarkar ‘Aliyah; seal of Hamid on verso.
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Power of attorney to Haji Baba, 1901
Aqa Mashhadi Najaf, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, grants his brother, Aqa Mashhadi Haji Baba, the merchant from Ganjah, the power of attorney to manage the transfer of his belongings to his three children, Sughra Khanum, Sariyah Khanum, and Muhammad Muhsin.
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Will of Gawhar Khanum, 1905
The will of Gawhar Khanum, wife of the late Haj Habib. The will specifies that a trustworthy person is paid three hundred tumans to go on Hajj on her behalf, one hundred and forty tumans for someone to perform forty-one years' worth of prayers for her and to fast for forty-one months on her behalf, and sixty tumans for her funeral expenses. Gawhar Khanum advises that her son, Muʻtamad al-Sultan Muhammad Husayn Iqbal-i Divan, should supervise the affairs.
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Settlement of Mirza Ahmad Khan Saʻid Divan and other inheritors of ʻAli Khan with Mirza Ismaʻil Khan ʻImad al-Mamalik, 1905
Settlement between the inheritors of the late Aqa ʻAli Khan and Mirza Ismaʻil Khan ʻImad al-Mamalik for a residential building including both the andaruni and biruni for 12,366 tumans and 7,500 dinars. The inheritors are: Mirza Ahmad Khan Saʻid Divan, acting on his own behalf and on that of his brother, Mirza Husayn Khan, his sister, the wife of Haj ʻAli Aqa, and also acting as the guardian of Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan and Aqa Buzurg, the underage children of the late Aqa ʻAli Khan; Sharifah Khanum, Aqa ʻAli Khan’s wife, acting for herself and her two sons, who had died since Aqa ʻAli Khan’s...
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Settlement between Maryam Khanum and her son, 1896
Settlement between Maryam Khanum (‘Aziz al-Hajiyah), daughter of Mirza Aqa Khan (premier) and wife of Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan Nuri Mustawfi, and her son, Mirza Taqi Khan (military administrator), over his share of inheritance for one thousand and three hundred tumans
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About Shahzadah Khanum's inheritance
The author talks about the inheritance division of the late Shahzadah Khanum. Her daughters gave permission to her sons to sell the properties, but have not received their shares yet. The writer assures the addressee that Shahzadah Khanum's sons will transfer their sisters' shares.
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Will of Haji Mahdi Aqa, 1904
Haji Mahdi Aqa the merchant from Salmas, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, has assigned his nephew, Haji Mirza Aqa Muhammad Riza the merchant, as the executor of his will and Haji ‘Ali Aqa the merchant as the overseer. They are responsible for paying his debts and determining one-third of his belongings to be spent on the religious expenses of his will. The interest from the rest of his belongings goes to all the inheritors for ten years, after which the land will belong to his older sons and his daughters will be able to reside in the houses within the gardens. The younger sons...
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Booklet of documents
Documents related to women are the following: seq. 23: "I, Haj ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, have received all the jewelry of my deceased wife, Nabat Khanum, which was left with the wife of Haji Vakil al-Dawlah for safekeeping, plus three documents that were not listed. December 29, 1886"; seq. 27: a few years ago, the deceased Nabat Khanum from Tehran, the wife of the deceased ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, had left 1000 tumans with Haji Aqa Muhammad Hasan Vakil al-Dawlah, representative of the government of the United Kingdom, who claims on the...
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Settlement between Aqa Baygum and her children, 1904
Settlement between Aqa Baygum, daughter of Haj Muhammad Javad from Isfahan and wife of Haj Muhammad Sadiq from Dastjird, and her two sons, Muhammad Hadi Arbab and Muhammad Shafi‘, exchanging four-and-one-half acres of a property in Dastjird, which she inherited from her son, Hasan ‘Ali, for one hundred dinars. Aqa Baygum also settles her mahr with the mentioned sons for ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy. They agree that if Aqa Baygum passes away, the mahr should be spent on: the Fatihah, ten years of fasting and prayer, the Imam's share being given to Shaykh Ahmad, tithing to...
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