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Documents about the punishment of the marriage cleric of Muhammad Bayg's wife
Documents include a report explaining that Gurgin Khan Shujaʻ Lashgar kidnapped Muhammad Bayg Dashti's wife when Muhammad Bayg was still alive and married her. After the arrival of Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir to Margavar village, he summons the cleric who officiated this marriage ceremony and orders that his hands be cut off; a report from Urumiyah about the punishment of this cleric and about the feud between Muhammad Bayg's brothers and Gurgin Khan's brothers; and a request to confirm the truth of the punishment, which asks that it be sent to Tehran in code in order to inform the embassy of...
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City Court of Qavzin to Munshi Bashi, 24 February 1914
The city court of Qazvin requests assistance in mediating a dispute between a man and woman.
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Khanum Bibi's letter to get compensation, 1916
Letter written by Khanum Bibi, wife of the late Haji ‘Ali Akbar Qali-furush [the rug dealer], to the Fars Justice Department regarding the damage to a house sold conditionally, in the amount of twenty-two tumans and seven thousand four hundred and fifty dinars, which should be paid to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah
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Petition to get mahr and alimony, 1919
Draft of a petition written by the lawyer of Haji Mirza Muhammad Hasan's daughter asking for her mahr in the amount of one thousand tumans, as well as alimony and clothing expenses, from Mirza 'Abd al-Husayn Khan, before he travels out of town
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Petitions and requests submitted to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam and Munshi Bashi
Petitions and requests, including the following: one to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam petitioning for assistance in recovering Fatimah Sultan Khanum's share of her father's inheritance. Fatimah Sultan Khanum was the daughter of Haj Muhammad Baqir, the sister of Yumn al-Saltanah, and the wife of Asad Allah Sarhang. Another is a petition to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islami about the division of inheritance and the reply; another is a petition to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam from the mother of a murdered man; in another, an unidentified woman asks Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to intervene in an...
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Documents related to a property dispute between Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Sayyid Mutahhar
Dispute between Muhtaram al-Saltanah and Sayyid Mutahhar, who has rented some properties from Muhtaram al-Saltanah. The documents include: power of attorney and lease conditions for a property in Azna; petition of Shaykh Jalal al-Din, Muhtaram al-Saltanah's attorney, about Sayyid Mutahhar's claim that the rented land is blighted; Sayyid Mutahhar's petition against the verdict issued by the judicial office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; list of the monthly net crop quantities of Gul Tappah, Muhammad Abad, ʻAli Abad, and Shams Abad; list of the expenses of the agent sent to Gul Tappah;...
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Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908
Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...