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Petition of Sulayman Khan's daughter and grandchild to Muzaffar al-Din Shah
The daughter and grandchild of Sulayman Khan Sahib Ikhtiyar complain to Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar about the assault on and plunder of their properties in Hamadan by Shujaʻ al-Mamalik and ʻAbbas Khan.
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum and Aqa ʻAli Asghar, 1896
A marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum, daughter of Haji ʻAli (a Tabrizi merchant originally from Hamadan) and Aqa ʻAli Asghar, son of Haji Ibrahim on 23 May 1896. The mahr is 10 tumans and a Qurʼan.
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Jewish woman requests divorce from her Muslim convert husband, 1899
Petition by a Jewish woman whose husband, Mahdi, previously Jewish, has converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman. He does not agree to divorce his Jewish wife and demands she also convert to Islam, which she refuses to do.
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Taji Khanum's belongings
Documents include the following: Mirza Lutf Allah Asad Abadi was ordered by Bihjat al-Mulk and Hisam al-Mulk to help Taji Khanum to price and sell her properties. Taji Khanum paid his wage with a financial note sent to his village, but at the time of its cashing, she refused to pay. As a result of that refusal, Mirza Lutf Allah wrote a complaint to Farmanfarma; in the letter, he explains Taji Khanum's problems in selling her properties due to financial difficulties and problems with Khan Baba Khan; provoked by Fathʻali Khan, Taji Khanum's son stole some of his mother's cattle.
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Death of Hajiyah Shahzadah Khanum and the confiscation of her belongings, 1904
Hajiyah Khanum and her husband Haji Fazʻali Khan, acquaintances of Farmanfarma, died in Karbalaʼ, after which the Ottoman Empire confiscated their belongings because they had no heirs.
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Letter from Fathʻali to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
The writer pays the debt of his deceased wife, daughter of Aqa Sayyid Zaki, to her daughter, wife of Samad (son of Haji Hamd Allah), and she has transferred the ownership of a house worth forty tumans to him. After a while, Samad makes an official complaint to the Court of Justice claiming the house. The writer asks the addressee for justice.
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Draft of an agreement between Taji Khanum and Khusraw Khan, 1903
An ageement over a farm in Asadabad. Taji Khanum claims the farm has been seized by Khusraw Khan, but Khusraw Khan denies this claim and says he has bought the farm; both parties have been asked to get a lawyer and prove their claims ten days after signing this draft.
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Draft settlement between Taji Khanum and Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Mu‘tasam al-Mamalik, 1903
Includes a draft settlement between Taji Khanum and Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Mu‘tasam al-Mamalik over a property dispute in the presence of Sahib Ikhtiyar, ‘Ali Khan Mirpanjah (the Governor of Asadabad), and a few others. Either side has to act within the next twenty days. The writer verifies the authenticity of the document and a copy of it is held by Haji Sayyid Hadi.
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