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Regarding Jayran Khanum's salary, 1910
Documents include a letter of request from Jayran Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Abu al-Fath, and confirmation of her salary; Jayran Khanum's power of attorney to Mustafa Khan to represent and receive her salary; and her identity verification and salary form
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Regarding displacement of Targavir village people, 1907
A telegram from Imamquli in Urumiyah to Atabak A‘zam in Tehran regarding the pillage of Mavanah and Targavir villages by the Ottoman nomads, and the killing of eighteen men and sixty-six women and children. Around three thousand people, mostly Christians, from the neighboring villages, have fled to Urumiyah and are in need of food and clothing; the writer has been collecting aid from the elite and merchants of Urumiyah and is asking for the government's assistance, suggesting that any aid should be delivered via the Christian clergy who will distribute it among their people.
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Documents about the punishment of the marriage cleric of Muhammad Bayg's wife
Documents include a report explaining that Gurgin Khan Shujaʻ Lashgar kidnapped Muhammad Bayg Dashti's wife when Muhammad Bayg was still alive and married her. After the arrival of Shaykh ʻAbd al-Qadir to Margavar village, he summons the cleric who officiated this marriage ceremony and orders that his hands be cut off; a report from Urumiyah about the punishment of this cleric and about the feud between Muhammad Bayg's brothers and Gurgin Khan's brothers; and a request to confirm the truth of the punishment, which asks that it be sent to Tehran in code in order to inform the embassy of...
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Letter
Probably from ‘Amid Lashkar's mother; addressed "Esteemed sister"; sends her condolences for Haji Khan's death, reassures her that ‘Amid Lashkar will be at her service, asks her to consider Zahra Sultan, Ruqiyah Sultan, Habib Allah Khan, and ‘Abd Allah Khan as her own children, and sends greetings on behalf of Ma‘sumah Sultan Khanum.
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Regarding complaints by the Christians of Azarbayjan, 1910
Correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, their office in Urumiyah, a representative of the Christian population in Azarbayjan, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the complaints by the Christians against the nomadic Kurds who plunder their villages and abduct Christian girls, as well as the complaint by the French and American embassies in support of the Christians.
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Regarding the arrest of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah's sons, 1881
Includes a telegram by ‘Itimad al-Saltanah from Urumiyah to Amir Nizam, noting that a guard has been assigned to the residence of Shaykh ‘Abid Allah Nihri's wife in order to find their hiding sons, Qadir and Sadiq; and a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs commanding negotiation with the Ottomans in order to punish the Shakkak clan and arrest Shaykh Qadir and Sadiq Aqa as their hiding place in the Ottoman territories has been identified. The writer speculates that Hamzah Aqa should be in the territories along with his family and clan, and considering that there are around one...
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Correspondence of I‘timad al-Atibba’ (Sultan al-Atibba’) and his son Mu‘tamad al-Sultan
Correspondence of I‘timad al-Atibba’ (Sultan al-Atibba’) and his son Mu‘tamad al-Sultan, including several letters concerning family, business, and household affairs.
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French lady enters Iran, 1907
Documents include the following: a copy of a telegram from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Rafʻat al-Vizarah, the officer in Savujbulagh, about the entry of a French woman into Iran through the border at Savujbulagh, providing her security, and accompanying her to her destination; a report frim the office in Savujbulagh about the entry of Madame into Savujbulagh and her departure to Urumiyah, Tabriz, and Tehran; Muqarrab al-Saltanah writes, in reply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that the French woman arrived on September 9, [1907] and departed for Urumiyah afterwards.
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Abduction of Christian girls by Kurds, 1910
Includes correspondence among the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its office in Urumiyah, the Ministry of Interior, the Iranian Embassy, and the Ottoman Embassy, regarding the abduction of three Christian girls by Kurds in the villages in the vicinity of Urumiyah. First, regarding Katrine, who was abducted by Qasim and his group, and was taken to which includes the account of freeing the girl and her testimony on being taken by force; and the consequent revenge of the Kurds against the people of Haydarlu who helped in the girl's rescue and injuring Khalil Bayg and killing his son, Sayf...
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Regarding ‘Alikhan's daughter-in-law
Correspondence regarding the turmoil in Azarbayjan, including the attack on the Chihriq citadel in which ‘Ali Khan was able to flee along with his wife and children while his daughter-in-law, Muhammad Aqa's wife, was captured by Nasir al-Dawlah, the commander of the national army; the attempt to free her and leaving her with Shaykh al-Islam; ‘Ali Khan's stay in Ottoman lands; and a narration of the story of the cossacks who captured women, and beheaded and cut their hair to present them as men and then receive a reward
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