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Malihah Khanum's complaint from ʻIddah, 1904
Malihah Khanum, niece of the late Sharaf al-Mulk and ex-wife of ʻAbbas Khan Sardar Rashid, complains about Khvajah ʻIddah, a Christian, who has not returned what he had borrowed from her. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests that its office in Kurdistan address Malihah Khanum's complaint.
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Transferring the properties of Taraziyah Khanum, the Christian, 1904
A copy of a document from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that although the Christians of Kurdistan claim that Taraziyah Khanum had endowed all her properties to the church and her endowments were reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Khalifah Yusuf, the head of Christians before her death, Taraziyah Khanum's husband has displayed documents stating that his wife bequeathed all her properties to him in the presence of the ‘ulama’ and now he wants these properties back. The Ministry of Foreign Affair has issued an order on this.
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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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Mirza Uvanis' complaint against Muʻazzam al-Dawlah
Documents include the following: a note indicating the debt of Karbalayi Haji, Muʻazzam al-Dawlah's companion, to Mirza Uvanis as 361 tumans, 2 qirans, and 15 shahies, in which he promises to return the money in 10 days; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to the British consulate that Mirza Uvanis is not a citizen of the Ottoman Empire and his complaint is therefore not related to this office. They also mention that Uvanis' complaint has been submitted, with his consent, to the Ministry of Justice, which voted against him. Nevertheless, after being convicted,...