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Letter of Yar Ahmad about taxes
Yar Ahman mentions payments of taxes and giving extra time to Baji Khanum for paying her taxes.
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Sale document between Taqi Khan and Ibrahim Khan, 1869
Sale document between Taqi Khan, son of Muhammad Naqi Khan, and the orderly of Ibrahim Khan Sarhang [colonel] over parts of Ruzan farm located in Karkuk, Narmashir, and parts of Turanj farm, as well as water usage of ‘Azam Nisa’ creek in exchange for sixty-six tumans and six thousand three hundred and fifty [dinars?]. Additional rights were settled for one hundred dinars and a man [unit of weight] of wheat. All the workers of these properties, except for ‘Ali Ramazan and Muhammad Ramazan, are part of this transaction.
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Telegram from Kadkhuda Fayz Allah, 1904
Khadkhuda (village chief) Fayz Allah's telegram about the looting of his belongings; three peasants have been injured, a woman has been assaulted, and he asks the addressee for an investigation and justice
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Peasants to Anis al-Dawlah, 1894
A telegram from the peasants of Shaykh Garden in Savah (which was part of the crown lands of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim) to Anis al-Dawlah. They talk about their debt to the Court and state that after the garden was purchased by Zahir al-Saltanah, the peasants have been suffering from the injustice. The new owner has acquired 70 tumans more than their actual debt, which is beyond their financial means. In this letter, the peasants ask Anis al-Dawlah to act on their behalf before Nasir al-Din Shah. They request justice and for the extra money to be returned to them.
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Mu‘tamad Amin to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1947
Mu‘tamad Amin writes to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah about his illness, the work's progress, the situation in Tabriz, the taxation of the properties, the agricultural products, some financial issues, management of the properties, and how people are migrating to Tehran. He also talks about the peasants, their strikes, and how they are oppressed by the police.
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Petition to Nuzhat al-Dawlah
The peasants of the village of Turkaman write to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding compliance with her order for their cooperation in helping the poor. They state that everyone has been involved except Musa Kalantar, Karbalayi Khalil, and Hamd Allah Kadkhuda [the village chief], who have enticed the steward, Mashhadi Muhammad Aqa, to send a faulty report to Nuzhat al-Dawlah. They explain that the purpose of their gathering has merely been to follow her orders to help the poor. They also mention that no one has received anything from Nuzhat al-Dawlah's nine thousand and five hundred-tuman donation,...
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Sale document of Bibi Maryam with her husband, 1869
Sale document of Bibi Maryam, younger daughter of Mirza ‘Ali Riza, with her husband, Mirza Muhammad Khan (son of ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan) over one-sixth of Jazan-i Khass farm, located in Rigan, for one hundred seventy-five tumans, dated August 22, 1869; a pulley and four well-diggers are part of this transaction. On verso, on August 23, 1869, Mirza Muhammad Khan sells the mentioned property to Ibrahim Khan Sarhang [colonel] for two hundred tumans.
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Letter from daughter of ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan to ‘Amid Lashkar
The envelope and two pages of the letter are sealed by ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan's daughter and addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar; she discusses ‘Amid Sultan demanding the money they owe him; requests that ‘Amid Lashkar let her know if he cannot give her permission to handle the issues; reports the peasants' requests and that Habib Allah can only manage his own peasants; states that she has no credit left to buy things and has transferred all her belongings to ‘Amid Lashkar; mentions the drought; asks to determine the shares of property and keep the colonel's salary separate; she also sends greetings to...
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Complaint letter
The author talks about Mustawfi’s unkindness and confiscation of Haji Muhammad’s belongings. Also, the author complains about not being compensated for several expenses that he paid for.
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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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