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Letter to Hamdam al-Saltanah, 1917
After the greeting, the author expresses their happiness for Hamdam al-Saltanah’s recovery, encourages Hamdam al-Saltanah to travel to Isfahan for a visit and to check on her properties
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Correspondence regarding Sahib Khanum's salary, 1923
A telegram from Sahib Qiraniyah to Zill al-Sultan in Isfahan regarding the salary of Sahib Khanum, Zill al-Sultan's paternal aunt, and the hardship to receive it from Isfahan; in his telegram, Zill al-Sultan explains that her salary would be transferred to Siraj al-Mulk who pays her in installments; he also asks Siraj al-Mulk to add forty tumans to the total salary of nine hundred and sixty tumans and pay Sahib Khanum one thousand tumans in total.
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Letter of greetings and news of war
Letter about family related news and news of the progression of the war [World War I], talking about fasting in the month of Ramazan, the writer's letter to the addressee sent with Aqa Sadr, for which s/he had not received any response. S/he talks about the news of the German and Ottoman forces progressing into Iran and taking control of Kirmanshah and Hamadan and moving toward Tehran and how this news has raised the price of goods in the city; the highway robbers from Fars; the British moving towards Isfahan, and finally the hot weather in the city. The writer ends the letter with sending...
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Telegram and letter from Mirza ʻAli to Haj Muhammad Husayn, 1922
Mirza ʻAli, known as Nazim al-Tujjar of Qumshah, sends a letter and a telegram to Haj Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant] Karzani from Isfahan, regarding the usurpation of the documents and belongings of the late Sayyid ʻAbd Allah and the complaint of his sister, Zahra Baygum, about her right of inheritance.
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Letter about rent for a room in a caravansary, 1914
Letter to Haji Muhammad Mahdi Sahib Tajir [the merchant] from Isfahan, asking him to pay the rent of a room, in a caravansary facing the former customs building, to Bibi Sahib Sultan, wife of the late Haji Nasr Allah Tajir. Also, the letter informs the receiver that since Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin has bought four-sixths of the room, from now on, the rent of four-sixths of the room should be paid in his order.
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Regarding the salary of Mirza Aqa Khan, 1910
Petition of Mirza Aqa Khan Mustawfi to the Ministry of Finance regarding his unpaid salaries, including two hundred and eighty tumans, and the hardship it has caused for his mother and his family; and a response letter from the Ministry of Finance
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909
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Correspondence of Sadiqah Dawlatabadi regarding her attempt to cross the border
Several telegrams about the border crossing of Sadiqah Dawlatabadi en route to Europe, and a letter in which she protests her and her physician's detention by the army while attempting to cross the border en route to France for medical treatment.
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