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Claim of Sughra Khanum against Mahmud Mirza, 1923
Sughra Khanum makes a claim against Mahmud Mirza for her share of the inheritance from her husband Imamquli Mirza, and the lease of a ferry at Lake Rizaʼiyah. Addressing Mahmud Mirza, she writes on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice: "based on what you wrote on the margin of the settlement of October 1923 (because based on the documents, the deceased Shahzadah had lent money to four people (Majd al-Saltanah, Rashid al-Saltanah, Sadiq al-Dialah Uskuyi, and ʻAli Aqa-yi Kurd), the share of Sughra Khanum from the inheritance (both her own eighth and her deceased daughter's share) is not...
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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...