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Power of attorney to investigate a murder, 1918
Power of attorney given by Shahrbanu and ‘Ali Husayn Kabir, the wife and son of the late Yadi from Kunarah, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, known as Saham al-Shari‘ah, regarding the murder of Yadi by Fazl ‘Ali Khan
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Settlement over blood money, 1794
Settlement between Nizam, son of Haji Sharaf, who was convicted for the manslaughter of Ja‘far, son of Haji Ja‘far Qasim, and Ja‘far's inheritors. In the absence of any witnesses to prove it was a homicide, they have forgone qisas (retaliation in kind) and have settled for one hundred tumans as blood money. ‘Abd al-Ghafur, Ja‘far's brother, along with his mother and sister, received about two-thirds of the money. Some days later, Zaynal, the other brother, also gave his consent and received one-third of the blood money.
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Abducting women, 1910
Abducting Muhammad's wife and sister-in-law to sell them to Turkmen