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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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Letter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Part of a long letter; includes ‘Izzat al-Saltanah's request to take a different road other than Hamadan for her trip, Dadah Khanum and Aqa Naqi Khan staying in Tehran, and the writer's estimation of the expenses of their stay in Tehran; some of the pages are missing.
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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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Daughter of Muhtasham al-Dawlah's complaint, 1904
Daughter of Muhtasham al-Dawlah complains about her father's inattention, comparing herself to Muhtasham al-Dawlah's daughter from his [temporary] wife from Hamadan and expressing that she is upset about living at the home Zahir al-Mulk. She writes that if the situation does not change, she will have no choice but to work in Farmanfarma's hospital.
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Rafiʻi family
Right to left: (top row) Haji Baba Kharazi holding Masʻuda Haji Maʼir, Murad Tabrizi holding Rahman ʻAmrani; (man seated on ground) Haji Maʼir Kharazi holding Yaʻqub Rafiʻi. The two children on the right and left are probably the children of Avansiyan.
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Rahil and Daniyal Siddiq Irshadi
Wedding portrait of Rahil daughter of Hana (daughter of Mulla Shalum) and Aqa Yihzqil, and and Daniyal, son of Maryam and Hakim ʻAziz Livi.
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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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Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century
Letters include the following: a report on earnings from Farmanfarma's properties, a letter about a meeting with Farmanfarma, a letter concerning an order for bullets, a report on crop sales, a letter about Sayf Allah Mirza and financial matters, a letter about a meeting with Nizam al-‘Ulamaʼ, a telegraph sent by Bahaʼ al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a letter from the mother of Nasir al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a unidentified party's letter about death of a spouse, a letter from an unidentified party to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan Mustawfi, a letter from an unidentified woman about...
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