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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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Settlement between Nazi Khanum and her brother ʻAli, 1914
Settlement between Nazi Khanum, daughter of the late Mashhadi Muhammad and wife of Mirza Muhammad from Alvar of Bidabad, and her paternal brother, ʻAli, exchanging fifty mans [unit of weight] of wheat and her claims to the inheritance from her father, mother, and their deceased sister, Husna Jan, for one hundred dinars and ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy from Isfahan. Additionally, it is confirmed that the half-acre of land in the Alvar neighborhood, which is a part of a garden known as the Hindi-ha [Indians] Garden, is Nazi Khanum's inheritance from her mother and belongs to...
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Tasnif-i Chin-i Zulf-i Mushkinat, Zari Khanum
* Accompanied by Tar, player: Arshak Khan * "Bayat-i Isfahan" by Zari Khanum was recorded on the other side of this record. It appears in this collection with the record number 15156A26. * Record description: Gramophone Record Company; Recorded by: Edmond James Pierce; Recording date: Fall of 1912; Recording location: Gramophone Company Studio at Fil Khanah Alley (Lalahzar, Tehran). Production: Riga (Russia); Record type: shellac (double-sided); Record diameter: 25 cm; First run - label color: brown; record trademark: Amour Gramophone Record
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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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Settlement between Farvardin Khanum and Tal‘at Khanum, 1919
Settlement of property in the bazaar of Isfahan in exchange for one thousand and two hundred tumans, between Farvardin Khanum, the wife of Mirza Husayn‘ali Khan Siraj al-Mulk and the daughter of Shahzadah Iktaqa’an Mirza, and her daughter, Tal‘at Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Baqir Khan Sadr.
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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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Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Barat‘ali, 1909
Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ‘Ali, and Barat‘ali, the son of Aqa Karbalayi Qasim‘ali. The mahr is sixty tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: part of the house of residence, parts of agricultural land and their share of water, a set of bedding made in Isfahan (seven tumans), rugs (three tumans), some copperware (one tuman), fabrics and clothing for the wedding (twelve tumans). The mentioned items equal forty eight tumans from the mahr and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Settlement of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza ʻAbd al-A’immah with Mirza Muhammad Hasan, 1911
Settlement of Mirza Muhammad, son of Haj Mirza Yahya, and Aqa Mirza ʻAbd al-A’immah, son of Mirza ʻAli Naqi Mulla Bashi, with Haj Mirza Muhammad Hasan, known as Darmiyani, son of Haj Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Darmiyani, exchanging a fruit shop located at Bid Abad Bazar for two hundred and sixty-seven tumans. They also settled fifty mans [unit of weight] of white wheat from Isfahan for ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy and one hundred dinars. These settlements were based on the will of Hajiyah Baygum, daughter of Mirza Fath Allah Khan and wife of Haj Mirza Muhsin.
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Correspondence regarding Khadijah Khanum's claim over her husband's death, 1921 to 1923
Regarding the death of Muhammad Taqi Bayg, hostler of the French Embassy, who was killed in an accident by a car that belonged to Lynch Company. Documents include Khadijah Khanum's custody of her daughter Kubra, after her husband Muhammad Taqi Bayg's death; copies of their identification certificates; Khadijah Khanum's power of attorney to Mirza Ahmad Khan Shari‘at-zadah to file a claim for her husband's diya (financial compensation); correspondence among the British Consulate, Sardar Ashja‘ (the Governor of Isfahan), the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding...
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Shans family
Left to right: (back row) ʻAzra [Ezra] (neighbor), Tavus Shans, Mushah [Moshe] Shans, Khanum Shans, Khurshid Shans, Sinur Shans, Gawhar Galji, Khatun Shans, Shushna Shans; (seated) Ishaq Ayinahsaz, Iliyahu Shans, Davud Shans, Hayyim Shans; (seated on ground) Saltanat Shans, Ibrahim Galji, Rahim Galji, Luli Shans, Yusuf Yasharil.
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