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Affidavit regarding the ownership of two diamonds, 1915
Affidavit regarding Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali Khan's (and not Khanum Mushrif al-Saltanah's) ownership of two diamonds, and requesting their return. The people confirming the affidavit are: ‘Ali Akbar, Khalil, Jalil, Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni, Hishmat Allah, and Mirza Nasr Allah.
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Court order regarding an icon belonged to the late Fakhr al-Hajiyah, 1913
Fars Court of Justice's order on the case about a silver icon with diamonds that the late Fakhr al-Hajiyah had given to Rahman Kalimi [jewish Rahman], but the icon has been destroyed. Navvab Amjad I‘tibar al-Dawlah claims the icon, and the court decides that based on a settlement from November 5, 1913, none of the parties have any right or claim over the icon any longer. The court's seal is at the end of the document.
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Petition to get back possessions, 1917
Petition by Aqa Buzurg Kharraz [the shoe seller], son of Karbalayi Mahmud Kharraz, to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali, requesting to call the witnesses to testify that Aqa Buzurg's wife (daughter of Haji Mirza Baba) possessed his belongings listed in the document, which she denies. On the margin, names of the witness women are listed as: Khanum ‘Ismat (wife of Mirza Muhammad Baqir), Rubab Sultan (daughter of Muhammad Ibrahim from Shiraz), Khanum ‘Azra, and Khanum Hufi (wife of Mirza Muhammad Ja‘far Khan). Hujjat al-Islam's response is on the margin as well.
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Writing, 1908
It begins with quotations from Baha’ Allah and ‘Abd al-Baha’, and includes the importance of the meeting between Tayirah Khanum, Mr. Charles Mason Remey, and Mr. Sydney on uniting west and east under the Baha'i faith; at the end of their talk, they told Tayirah Khanum about American women, and Tayirah Khanum took off her pearl necklace and handed it to Mr. Remey to give it to the American women. This pearl necklace was given to Tayirah Khanum by Malakah Iran, sister of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. It also includes a list of Baha’i women who hold meetings in different cities in Iran.