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Recommendation letter for Asif Aʻzam
Recommendation letter from [Allahyar?] to [Amir Nizam Garrusi] for Mirza ʻAli Naqi Khan (the next Asif Aʻzam), describing Mirza ʻAli Naqi Khan's loyal services to Kurdistan and his supervision of nomadic tribes. Amir Nizam Garrusi affirmed Allahyar's statements in a reply.
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Karbalaʼi Musa to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Karbalaʼi Musa asks Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam for help to stop the raids of the Kurdish Bihtuʼi tribe on a village. According to Bahram Sheikholeslami, Qamar Khanum, the paternal aunt of Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam, married the chief of the Bihtuʼi tribe.
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Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma which includes writing about the Kakavand clan and the author's meeting with the wife of Karam Allah Khan from the Kakavand clan and her complaint about them.
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam)
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her brother, Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam), giving him family news, asking him to send them photographs from London, discussing sending money to him and Taqi Khan, and mentioning forwarding the Istiqlal newsletter from Russia to London. She also notes that Haji ‘Ali Quli Khan [Sardar As‘ad] has gone to Europe and the Bakhtiyaris are not active any more.
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Requesting help from ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The author asks for ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma’s intervention in support of eight Kalhor families who are holding a sit-in at Hamadan’s Imamzadah. They are protesting Ghulam Husayn Khan Ishik Aqasi’s attempt for their forced migration despite the promises made to them during Amir Nizam’s period.
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Afshar elders to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letter from Afshar elders to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma which elaborates on how Taymur Khan (from Lar) has treated them with extreme cruelty, including making Zawq ‘Ali’s wife [daughter of Shahnah (sheriff) Ghulam] marry his servant, Muhammad Khan, and prevented them from going to their winter pastures. They ask ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma for justice.
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From Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
‘Izzat al-Saltanah gives a report of their travel: first, on the way from Tehran to Qum, Mahmud Khan was thrown from the carriage, but only sustained minor injuries on his hands, for which Khanum [their mother, Khadijah Sultan] sacrificed a few sheep. They stayed for one night and made pilgrimages to the shrine. The road from Qum to Burujird was bumpy. Near ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the servants' carriage was overturned but nobody was injured. She then describes who accompanied them, how they were welcomed in ʻIraq-i ʻAjam (Arak), the places they visited, and that they stayed in houses provided...
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Feud over abduction and forced marriage, 1911
About the abduction and forced marriage of a girl by Iqtidar al-Saltanah and resulting feud between two clans; a sit-in by the father and his clan at a guesthouse requesting help from the Russian consulate; the consulate's claim of shooting at the guesthouse and their demand of one thousand tumans compensation from the government
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Regarding the arrest of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah's sons, 1881
Includes a telegram by I‘timad al-Saltanah from Urumiyah to Amir Nizam, noting that a guard has been assigned to the residence of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah Nihri's wife in order to find their hiding sons, Qadir and Sadiq; and a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commanding negotiation with the Ottomans in order to punish the Shakkak clan and arrest Shaykh Qadir and Sadiq Aqa as their hiding place in the Ottoman territories has been identified. The writer speculates that Hamzah Aqa should be in the territories along with his family and clan, and considering that there are around one...
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Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan
Letters to Saʻid al-Sultan: from Muhammad Sadiq, about the destruction wrought by the gendarmerie; from Aflatun Adibi Kurdistani, apologizing for the delay in correspondence and asking for money from the Gumah valley transaction; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, sending Nawruz greetings and a bonus, conveying his appreciation of Saʻid al-Sultan's visiting his family, and sending greetings from himself and his wife, ʻAliyah Khanum, to [Bihjat Khanum]; from [Muhammad?], son of Haji Qavam, complaining about Saʻid al-Sultan's delay in replying to two of Muhammad's previous letters in the...
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