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Petition of Muhammad ʻAli Khan Qajar's divorced wife to Majlis
The divorced wife of Muhammad ʻAli Khan Qajar wrote that her ex-husband had divorced her three years prior after thirty years of marriage and that she could not support herself or her underaged son, who was supposed to receive a stipend but did not get it. She therefore asked for a stipend.
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Marriage contract of Hamidah Khanum and Aqa Mirza Hasan, 1912-1917
The marriage contract of Hamidah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Dizfuli, and Aqa Mirza Hasan, son of Mashhadi Muhammad ʻAlaf. The mahr is 51 tumans and a Qurʼan. The other document is Hamidah Khanum's petition concerning her mahr.
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ʻAliyah Khanum's divorce case
ʻAliyah Khanum claimed that Haji Musaddiq al-Mamalik, her husband, refused to pay her for her rights and asked that he appear in front of the court and either give her her rights or divorce her.
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Petition of Haji Husayn ‘Ali about his daughter's mahr and alimony, 1915
Petition written by Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ayatollah Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husayni, about the debt of his daughter's husband to him. The debt is eighty tumans of mahr and three years of alimony, which his daughter transferred to him in another settlement. At the end, the receiver of the petition writes that Ibrahim hasn't paid his debt yet, and the wife can get divorce based on Shari‘ah (with the father acting on her behalf).
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Bibi Zivar Sultan's petition, 1910
Petition by Bibi Zivar Sultan to the Friday prayer-leader of Fars against her husband, Mashhadi Chiragh ‘Ali, who has not paid her alimony; testimonies and the addressee's response are also included.
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Petition of Haydar Khan's wife to Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah, 1914
Petition by the wife of Haydar Khan (from Sarab) to Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah, who complains that her husband left her to live in Sarab seven years ago, one year after their marriage. He neither comes back nor pays her alimony. She mentions her previous complaints were to no avail and urges Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah to order Haydar Khan to take her to Sarab or pay her alimony or divorce her. On the margin, Shuja‘ Al-Dawlah has ordered Isma‘il Khan Amir Tuman to rectify her situation.
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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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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...