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Petition of a Jewish man, 1911
Petition of a Jewish man who writes to the Majlis that he was supposed to marry a Jewish girl and had given her father, Sulayman, 200 tumans. However, Sulayman and his family converted to Islam, as a result of which the marriage was cancelled. Sulayman has now declared that the wrtier must convert to Islam (which he is unwilling to do) before he will return the man's money.
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Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan
Petition and letters related to Zahra Sultan, daughter of Filban Bashi [the elephant-keeper]: 1-a complaint letter in which she talks about how she was barred from entering the office of Ministers by the servants who receive orders from Ittila‘ al-Saltanah (head of the office) and Mirza Khalil (office secretary), both adversaries of her husband, saying that this is the order of the Prime Minister. She has also gone to the Russian Embassy to meet the ambassador, but was also barred from entering it. She complains that while everyone else can go to the Embassy and plead for justice, Zahra...
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Khanum Bibi's letter to get compensation, 1916
Letter written by Khanum Bibi, wife of the late Haji ‘Ali Akbar Qali-furush [the rug dealer], to the Fars Justice Department regarding the damage to a house sold conditionally, in the amount of twenty-two tumans and seven thousand four hundred and fifty dinars, which should be paid to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah
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Petition to receive money and dowry, 1918
Petition of Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, attorney of Sayyid ‘Abbas's wife, to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Muhammad Husayn al-Husayni al-Najafi al-Kaziruni regarding his client's money and dowry being kept at the house of the late Haji Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant from Kazirun]'s inheritors, and their reluctance to return it
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Correspondence regarding Maryam Khanum's claim, 1913 to 1915
Documents include a petition by Maryam Khanum, daughter of Shahzadah ‘Abbasquli from Kirman, about her three-year unpaid salaries; an order for an investigation by the Ministry of Finance; correspondence among Treasury Department officials and other centers consisting of a statement about Maryam Khanum's name registration as deceased in 1910 in Simnan, and the request for proof of identity from Mazandaran; presenting proof of identity and an affidavit; and the decree by Vusuq al-Dawlah, the Minister of Finance, for repayment of Maryam Khanum's salary.
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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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Petition regarding some properties, 1910
Petition written by the inheritors of the late Muhammad Hasan Tabbakh [cook], who are: Muhammad ‘Ali and Muhammad Husayn (his sons) and Mashhadi Muhammad Riza, Mirza Ahmad, and Safiyah Khanum (children of the late Ramazan ‘Ali and Haji Muhammad Hasan's grandchildren), to the prayer leader of Fars regarding a settlement with Muhammad Baqir and Habib Allah, sons of the late Haji Asad Allah, over some properties for four hundred and forty tumans, with the recipient's response at the end
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Power of attorney from Lutf‘ali's wife, 1915
Mirza ‘Abd Allah, having the power of attorney from Lutf‘ali's wife, receives two hundred thirty tumans from Haj Mas‘ud al-Dawlah for an inheritance related matter; after Haj Mas‘ud al-Dawlah's complaint, the court rules his money be returned by Mirza ‘Abd Allah, whom in turn should receive the same amount from Lutf‘ali's wife; the woman's attorney appeals the ruling and is granted a grace period, while agents request Mirza ‘Abd Allah give immediate payment; Mirza ‘Abd Allah then complains that the two parties should be treated equally and he should also be given a grace period.
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Mirza Baqir's petition about the death of his wife and child, 1919
Mirza Baqir, an employee of the Finance Ministry in Kirman, claims that while he had left Hutkan to collect his wages in Jiruft, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali from Sarbanan had taken the writer's wife and his two children along with their household furnishing to his home. A few days later, Mirza Baqir's wife passed away and his children were sent to Hutkan on a pack animal. One of them stopped drinking milk and died eight days later. He is asking for justice.
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Petition to get mahr and alimony, 1919
Draft of a petition written by the lawyer of Haji Mirza Muhammad Hasan's daughter asking for her mahr in the amount of one thousand tumans, as well as alimony and clothing expenses, from Mirza 'Abd al-Husayn Khan, before he travels out of town
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