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Asad Allah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from Asad Allah to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, regarding the murder of Haji Fath Allah Mu‘in al-Tujjar by Sayyid Rahmat Allah, the situation of Haji Fath Allah Mu‘in al-Tujjar's wife, and making a list of Haji Fath Allah Mu‘in al-Tujjar's properties in order to divide the inheritance
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Beating wives, 1909
Akbar Qazzaq (cossack), who returned from the battle in Tabriz, beats his wives everyday
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Mirza Qanbar, Haji Hasan, and Muhammad Khan to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The letter reports the looting of several villages by Zargham al-Sultan and his men, the murder of one person and wounding of several others, the vulnerability of the residences of the villages, and the authors' request for help and justice
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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Includes the hardships Egyptians have been through; the death of the author's mother-in-law and the depression of the family because of this; his family's devotion to Mahd-i ‘Ulya (Umm al-Khaqan) and ‘Izzat al-Saltanah. After talking to Haji Aqa Buzurg about selling the exquisite carpets in Egypt, they agreed that the market is overwhelmed by the carpets and there is no benefit to selling their carpets there anymore. The author also mentions the devotion of his brothers, Mirza Husayn Khan and Mirza Mustafa Khan, to the addressee.
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Telegram from ʻIzzat al-Saltanah to Hakim al-Mamalik, 1900
ʻIzzat al-Saltanah writes about the hot weather in ʻAtabat, her heat intolerance causing her more panic attacks, her children not being well and their longing for their father, the difficulty of being far apart from her husband for the past three years, and her financial problems. She asks Hakim al-Mamalik, the Minister of the Court, to mention her situation to Muzaffar al-Din Shah and get his permission for her to go to Damascus with her children and husband during the summer.
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Letter from Fathʻali to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Discusses transferring property ownership of Zivar Taj (daughter of Fathʻali's wife) to her brother; the marriage of Zivar Taj with Fathʻali's nephew; and describes how Sayyid Qasim, known as Naqib al-Tujjar, deceived Zivar Taj and persuaded her to file a claim about the Nigaristan property. The writer asks the addressee for help.
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Riza Khan's wife's fraudulent document, 1909 to 1910
Correspondence between the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its centers in Savujbulagh and Tabriz regarding the murder of Riza Khan, father of Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Sharaf, and the fraudulent letter of transference produced by his wife. Riza Khan’s belongings, including household furnishings and jewelry, is now under the ownership of his wife and Sardar Mukri. An agent has been sent to Muhammad Husayn Khan Sardar Mukri by the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Savujbulagh, but the writer asks for a special agent from the Ministry.
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Regarding the affair of Khanum Taj and Sayyid Karim, 1925
In a letter to Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Aqa, the writer describes how Sayyid Karim has faked the divorce of Khanum Taj, daughter of Riza Khan Shuja‘ Lashkar and wife of Mirza Habib Allah Muntakhib Daftar, and they have fled from Amirabad village to Tabriz. After Mirza Habib Allah's complaint, Sayyid Karim bribed two Mullas and forced Mirza Habib Allah to divorce his wife in exchange for two villages, owned by Khanum Taj. Subsequently, it becomes clear that the two villages had already been sold to someone else and that Khanum Taj was four months pregnant prior to the divorce. Mirza Habib...
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Complaint about wife's abduction, 1911
Panus Ibn Sulayman Kaldani (Chaldean) from Tabriz claims that Monsieur Gausine, a Belgian national who manages the customs department in Azarbayjan, has abducted the writer's wife
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Muftakhar al-Mulk to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from Muftakhar al-Mulk to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma encouraging him to stay in Azarbayjan instead of being the governor of Sistan and Baluchistan and Kirman. The writer addresses the beneficial aspects of staying in Azarbayjan, including making more money from the properties there and being with family.