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Lawyer's notes
One side: Settlement and divorce agreement between ‘Ali Akbar Saqat-furush (vendor), son of Haji Muhammad Riza Tajir (merchant) from Kazirun, and his wife, Khanum Zaman; the other side: A note about the dispute over the ownership of Bustan-i Shahab Abad
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Battering a woman, 1911
The head of police has beaten a woman after her husband's complaint that she took away his household furnishings after their divorce.
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Arrest of a woman carrying a gun, 1911
Daughter of Haji Muhammad Ibrahim from Baghdad, an Ottoman national, divorced her husband, Sayyid Hasan from Ganjah. Her brother-in-laws were plotting to kill her, therefore she carried a gun. She was arrested when she went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a legal issue.
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Giving the power of attorney for divorce and resolving disputes, 1911
Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin should investigate the dispute between Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife (daughter of Shaykh Muhammad Riza), and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali's sister and her husband (Haj Shaykh ‘Abd al-Husayn), over the ownership of some household furnishings. Additionally, Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin will witness the divorce of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife, and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali promises not to go back to his wife after the divorce. Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and Shaykh Muhammad Riza's seals are at the end of the document.
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Woman's suicide attempt, 1911
About Sakinah Khanum asking for a divorce, her husband's refusal, and her reaction of eating opium
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Khanum Masha’ Allah's petition regarding her divorce, 1928
Petition written by Khanum Masha’ Allah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Baqqal [the grocer], to Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, regarding her divorce from her husband, Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Shukr Allah, and forgoing her mahr.
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Report of the Fars Police Department, 1918
Includes a report on how ‘Aziz went to the house of his ex-in-laws while he was drunk and stabbed his ex-mother-in-law
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Murder of three-year-old daughter, 1911
A man, who has two wives, kills his own daughter from his first wife, so that he could divorce her mother.
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Summons request to the court, 1929
Letter written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin (lawyer of Khanum Masha’ Allah) to the court, requesting to summon Sayyid Husayn (son of the late Sayyid Shukr Allah and husband of Khanum Masha’ Allah's) and Sayyid Abu al-Qasim (Khanum Masha’ Allah stays at his house) in order to clarify the divorce situation of Khanum Masha’ Allah and Sayyid Husayn
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Woman's murder, 1911
The body of the daughter of Haji Mulla Bashi from Taliqan was found by police. Her husband, Aqa Mirza Ibrahim from Taliqan, is arrested for her murder. He had been suspicious of his wife's relationship with his nephew, Hamid Allah, and asked her father to settle the mahr and agree to divorce. The second piece of news from a few days later is about Hamid Allah's arrest.