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Petition to resolve a dispute, 1908
Petition by Bibi Khanum Mah, wife of ‘Ali Kulah-furush [the hat seller], to the Friday prayer leader, requesting to call her husband in order to resolve their dispute. He has not paid her any alimony since they married two years ago. On the margin, the Friday prayer leader asks ‘Ali Kulah-furush to pay him a visit.
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Petition to evacuate the barn
Petition written by the wife of Muhammad Hasan (son of the late Haji ‘Ali Riza Tajir [the merchant]) to the Friday prayer leader of Fars, requesting to write a note to Mi‘mar-bashi [the architect] asking him to evacuate her barn. Upon her husband’s request, she had rented the barn to Mi‘mar-bashi for fifty tumans, which her husband, Muhammad Hasan, had received. As she has now sold the barn to Muhammad Baqir, she expects Mi‘mar-bashi to vacate the property in exchange for fifty tumans.
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Petition to receive rights after divorce, 1905
Petition of Bala Khanum, daughter of Mirza Mahdi, via Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, to the Friday prayer leader of Fars, requesting to call Mirza Riza Quli Khan Niyrizi to the court, due to her sudden divorce despite the 99-year temporary marriage contract a few days earlier, with a monthly payment of eight tumans.
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Petition against a debt claim, 1909
Petition by Bibi Mah, daughter of the late Mashhadi Ja‘far and wife of the late Zal Khan from Bardaj, to Ayatollah Ra’is al-‘Ulama’, expressing that the claim of Habib Allah, son of Mashhadi Musa from Bardaj, about Zal Khan's debts to him is not true. Additionally, Muhammad Kazim (the musician of the Security Department and Habib Allah's brother) has confirmed the complaint, and has requested to call Habib Allah in order to review and resolve the issue. A note written by Ayatollah Ra’is al-‘Ulama’ with his seal is on the margin.
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Seeking the judicial opinion about the mahr in two underage children's marriage
Seeking the judicial opinion of Hujjat al-Islam Shaykh Muhammad Ja‘far regarding the marriage agreement of two underage children on whether or not the father of the underage girl could receive the mahr from the father of the underage boy
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Petition regarding a wife's mistreatment
Petition from Mushir al-Saltanah to the prayer leader of Fars in order to introduce Mirza Hidayat Allah as an honest man, and to mention that his wife has mistreated Mirza Hidayat Allah under the influence of others, and to ask the addressee to determine a place for his stay and to ask for a court order so that he can pay for his expenses
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Petition to the court
Petition of a woman to the Justice Court of Fars regarding Ahmad Aqa's claim against her
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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 of Fatimah Sultan to assign a guardian for her children, 1918
Petition requested by Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the late Muhammad Sadiq Bayg from Shiraz and wife of the late Muhammad Karim Bayg, asking Hujjat al-Islam Sayyid Muhammad Ja‘far al-Musavi to assign someone as the guardian for her underage children named ‘Ali Aqa, Khanum Zinat, and Khanum Shawkat; the receiver of this petition replies with assigning Fatimah Sultan as the children's guardian and her brother, Aqa ‘Abbas Khan, as the supervisor.
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Petition of I‘tibar al-Dawlah's wife regarding her poverty, 1904
Petition of the wife of I‘tibar al-Dawlah to Shaykh [illegible] regarding her and her deceased husband's poverty, asking him to review the testimony of the people who have confirmed this and add his own comment. Shaykh has written a note confirming I‘tibar al-Dawlah’s poverty.
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