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Complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, 1910
Correspondence regarding a complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, a Russian national, for plundering peasants from the Kutkuti clan, which resulted in the killing of a woman and the injuring of a girl
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Jewish woman's conversion to Islam, 1901
Includes three telegrams by Muhsin from Savujbulagh regarding a Jewish woman who fled and converted to Islam with the help of a Kurdish Muslim; her husband declared his conversion by shaving his head and beard in order to take his wife back; later, he denied the conversion and announced that he was coerced to convert. Some of the ‘ulama accused him of blasphemy and ordered his killing. Thus, people have gathered to witness the execution and are causing turmoil. The writer has arrested the man to protect him from execution and asks for guidance on how to settle the matter.
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Regarding displacement of Targavir village people, 1907
A telegram from Imamquli in Urumiyah to Atabak A‘zam in Tehran regarding the pillage of Mavanah and Targavir villages by the Ottoman nomads, and the killing of eighteen men and sixty-six women and children. Around three thousand people, mostly Christians, from the neighboring villages, have fled to Urumiyah and are in need of food and clothing; the writer has been collecting aid from the elite and merchants of Urumiyah and is asking for the government's assistance, suggesting that any aid should be delivered via the Christian clergy who will distribute it among their people.
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Layli Ardalani Nasir's interview
Layli Ardalani Nasir's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on November 10, 2018; Layli Khanum shares memories of her marriage, her mother and father, and her husband's family members (mostly of Afsanah Khanum). This interview was conducted at Halah Shaykh al-Islami's house accompanied by her daughter, Zaynab Shafi‘i.
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Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrin, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to Haydarlu village, includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his...