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Petition of Haji Husayn ‘Ali about his daughter's mahr and alimony, 1915
Petition written by Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ayatollah Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husayni, about the debt of his daughter's husband to him. The debt is eighty tumans of mahr and three years of alimony, which his daughter transferred to him in another settlement. At the end, the receiver of the petition writes that Ibrahim hasn't paid his debt yet, and the wife can get divorce based on Shari‘ah (with the father acting on her behalf).
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Petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, 1922 or 1923
Copy of a petition by ‘Aziz al-Dawlah, wife of the late Mulk Ara’, requesting her mahr and her daughter's property
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Petition by families of Amir Nusrat and Fars Humayun, 1923
Copy of a petition by the relatives of Amir Nusrat and Fars Humayun addressed to the Majlis, regarding their request from the Ministry of War for the return of their properties as well as grains, which had been seized, as well as the release of Shukr Allah Khan
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Mirza Baqir's petition about the death of his wife and child, 1919
Mirza Baqir, an employee of the Finance Ministry in Kirman, claims that while he had left Hutkan to collect his wages in Jiruft, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali from Sarbanan had taken the writer's wife and his two children along with their household furnishing to his home. A few days later, Mirza Baqir's wife passed away and his children were sent to Hutkan on a pack animal. One of them stopped drinking milk and died eight days later. He is asking for justice.
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Petition to receive money and dowry, 1918
Petition of Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, attorney of Sayyid ‘Abbas's wife, to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Muhammad Husayn al-Husayni al-Najafi al-Kaziruni regarding his client's money and dowry being kept at the house of the late Haji Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant from Kazirun]'s inheritors, and their reluctance to return it
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Petition of Mirza Ahmad's daughter, 1916
Petition written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, lawyer of Mirza Ahmad Hakim Rabit's daughter, to the Justice Department of Fars requesting the interrogation of Haji Mirza Habib Allah and some others who wanted to enter into his client's house without permission.
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Petition regarding some properties, 1910
Petition written by the inheritors of the late Muhammad Hasan Tabbakh [cook], who are: Muhammad ‘Ali and Muhammad Husayn (his sons) and Mashhadi Muhammad Riza, Mirza Ahmad, and Safiyah Khanum (children of the late Ramazan ‘Ali and Haji Muhammad Hasan's grandchildren), to the prayer leader of Fars regarding a settlement with Muhammad Baqir and Habib Allah, sons of the late Haji Asad Allah, over some properties for four hundred and forty tumans, with the recipient's response at the end
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Regarding the affair of Khanum Taj and Sayyid Karim, 1925
In a letter to Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Aqa, the writer describes how Sayyid Karim has faked the divorce of Khanum Taj, daughter of Riza Khan Shuja‘ Lashkar and wife of Mirza Habib Allah Muntakhib Daftar, and they have fled from Amirabad village to Tabriz. After Mirza Habib Allah's complaint, Sayyid Karim bribed two Mullas and forced Mirza Habib Allah to divorce his wife in exchange for two villages, owned by Khanum Taj. Subsequently, it becomes clear that the two villages had already been sold to someone else and that Khanum Taj was four months pregnant prior to the divorce. Mirza Habib...
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Correspondence regarding claim by Parviz Khan's sister, 1916 to 1917
Documents include a petition by the sister of Parviz Khan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, claiming that ‘Aziz Khan Ihtisham Huzur refrains from returning her belongings; a letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asking the Police Department for a background check on Ihtisham Huzur; and the result of Ihtisham Huzur's clearance and referrring the complaint to the public court.
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Regarding a complaint by a group of women against Isma‘il, 1910
Petition by the mother of Shaykh Mahdi on behalf of a group of women to the governor of Khurasan about the attack by Isma‘il and the mob of Rubat on their houses; as well as a summary of their petition and the response of the government of Khurasan
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