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About Vali Zadah Khanum
Confirming that Hisam al-Mulk and Munir al-Dawlah read and responded to the letter about Vali Zadah Khanum.
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Petition by people of Khiyav to Ayatollah Mirza Sadiq
Petition from people of Khiyav, with their seals, to Ayatollah Mirza Sadiq Mujtahid about their city's need for a religious cleric. Since Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Abu al-Qasim from Mishkin declined their invitation, they are asking Mirza Sadiq Mujtahid to write to him and convince him to come to Khiyav.
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About the murdered Khvurshid Khanum
Documents include the following: the Majlis writes to the Ministry of the Interior about a letter from Khvurshid Khanum, the servant of ʻAziz Allah Khan Garusi and explains that the letter was sent deliberately with the purpose of referring the issue to the Ministry of Interior for more investigation; a letter to the Majlis with about Khvurshid Khanum's murder, which was written from Khvurshid Khanum's point of view; the Majlis asks the Ministry of the Interior to deal with the case; the Ministry of the Interior confirms to the Majlis that it has received the letter written from the point...
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Correspondence related to Taj al-Dawlah
Correspondence regarding the pension of Taj al-Dawlah, Nasir al-Din Shah's wife: 1- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister addressed to the Ministry of Finance, stating that despite the approval of the cabinet, Taj al-Dawlah's pension has not been paid to her. The writer is requesting the payment of all her delayed funds; 2- a letter on the letterhead of the Prime Minister, stating that upon the approval of the cabinet on 15 July, 1913, Taj al-Dawlah's pension (from 21 March, 1913) will be fully paid to her on a monthly basis; 3- a letter from Taj al-Dawlah complaining about not...
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Fatimah Jadid al-Islam and her female companion's petitions
A petition from Fatimah Jadid al-Islam Bukani, a former [Christian] Armenian who had recently converted to Islam, in which she discusses the promise given to her and her female companion to receive compensation after her conversion. She also mentions that she was assured that she would be relocated from the Armenian village of Armani Bulaghi to Sayf al-Din Khan's village, so that she could be safe from people's bitter words after her conversion and that she was promised funds for her living expenses. She notes that none of these promises were fulfilled. The other document is the petition of...
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Letters from Shams al-Dawlah
Three letters from Shams al-Dawlah [wife of Nasir al-Din Shah] including two letters to ‘Azud al-Mulk and a letter of complaint to an unidentified person regarding the arrest of her brother, ‘Ayn al-Dawlah [‘Abd al-Majid Mirza]. The first letter is about the decree for ‘Ayn al-Dawlah in which she complains about ‘Azud al-Mulk's delay in sealing the decree and asks him to speed up the process and otherwise, to send it back with the messenger Mirza Ahmad Khan. She has included fifty five-thousand bills for the taxation costs in the envelope. The second letter to ‘Azud al-Mulk is about the...
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Letter from Sawlat al-Saltanah to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, with Sawlat al-Saltanah's seal; on the right page, Haji Mirza ‘Ali Aqa has requested that Sawlat al-Saltanah keep the allowance of the inheritors of Ghaffar Sultan, who are underage, mute, and helpless; Sawlat al-Saltanah is sending this letter to ‘Amid Lashkar with his own note on the left page asking him to take care of the issue.
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Petition regarding a seized property, 1913
Amal al-Saltanah [?] claims that her paternal inheritance, a residential building, has been wrongfully seized and is being used for housing members of the military with no rental fee or compensation for the damages; the writer also mentions sending letters to Mushir al-Saltanah in Tehran but to no avail.
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Letter
The writer pleads with the Ayatollah to review the following case: the late Aqa Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali's will was confirmed by Shabistar's ‘ulama’ after the dispute between the inheritors had been resolved. The Ayatollah and Hujjat al-Islam Haj Mirza Muhsin Aqa verified this confirmation. But, a villain named Muhammad Sadiq, who represented his wife and the children of the deceased, has caused some trouble. Having the support of the local government of Muqtadir al-Mulk, Muhammad Sadiq objected to the sale document of Aqa Haj Mirza Aqa, handwritten by the deceased, regarding one-eighth of the...
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To ‘Amid Lashkar
[Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar]; refers to: the addressees' note on the back of Sitvat al-Saltanah's letter, the sending of the ceremony's uniform through the postal services, the purchase of ‘Ata Bayg's share and Sitvat al-Saltanah's recommendation, the finances and documents of the Nasir regiment, acquiring grain, overseeing Mirza Abu Turab Khan's studies and his memorization of Qur’an chapters, and requests by ‘Azimat Khanum and Mirza Abu Turab Khan for clothing.
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