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Complaint against Fath al-Dawlah, 1920
Two brothers, Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli and ʻAli Akbar, complain to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, against Fath al-Dawlah, who left his wife, the sister of these two brothers, and his child 15 months ago. In this period, his child died and these two brothers, who have their own families to feed, must now provide for their sister too; the office [of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] in Hamadan writes to this Ministry that Fath al-Dawlah, who works for the British and had been in Hamadan for business, had married, but left his wife after the business was completed. These brothers...
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Sayyid Faraj Allah's request for his son's exemption, 1930
Petition of Sayyid Faraj Allah to the Majlis demanding his son, Habib Allah, be exempt from military service as he is the sole breadwinner for him, his wife, and their four children; along with an affidavit that testifies Sayyid Faraj Allah is incapable of providing for his family
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Sharaf al-Muluk's complaint, 1920
Sharaf al-Muluk, wife of the deceased ʻAli Akbar Khan Sharaf al-Mulk Kurdistani and an heir of Muzaffar al-Saltanah, complains against Iʻtizad Divan for seizing the properties of Khan-i Kurdistani [her husband], which belongs to her and her children.
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Correspondence regarding Tupuli Khanum's request, 1929
Includes Tupuli Khanum's petition to the Majlis demanding her husband, Lutf Allah, be exempt from military service. Lutf Allah, son of Miruz, is the sole breadwinner for their family of three children. There is also a Majlis summary report regarding the petition, and a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of War requesting their attention.
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Correspondence related to Shawkat Khanum's petition, 1930
Includes a petition by Shawkat Khanum, wife of Muhammad Khan Samadi, to the Majlis, explaining that after the branch of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan was closed down, her husband was unemployed for a while and then started working at the Qum branch of the Ministry. Shawkat Khanum and her children are in despair and demand Muhammad Khan's return to his previous job in Kurdistan; a Majlis summary that notes she also demands her husband's seven months delinquent wage; and a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of Justice asking for their attention.
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Correspondence regarding Qadam Khayr's claims, 1915
Includes a letter from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior urging them to investigate Qadam Khayr's complaint against Haji Mirza Abu al-Bashar who seized her belongings after her husband's death. In another letter, from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior, with a letter by Qadam Khayr attached, she renounces the previous claims; instead, she aknowledges Hujjat al-Islam Abu al-Bashar's gracefulness and calls for the arrest of the person who forged the initial petition.
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Regarding Iranian pilgrims' condition
Includes a report from Qasr-i Shirin regarding the problems that the pilgrims to Khanaqin face at the border. The writer mentions that while only thirty people per day get permission to pass the border, a large number of people gather there every day. This results in chaos and causes separation of husbands and wives or mothers and children as only one of them may be allowed to pass the border. The writer requests that the caravansary owners be notified to only send thirty people to the border each day. The next letter is in response to the report from the border and recommends informing the...
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Complaint by people of Saqqiz, 1915
Includes two petitions by the people of Saqqiz to the Majlis regarding the troubles caused by the new government, for instance housing the government riders in the peasants' houses and taking their household furnishings and never returning them, the evacuation of a residential place where about forty people, including women and children, lived, and sending agents to the peasant houses when the men are at work and the women are alone at home; along with a letter of inquiry from the Majlis to the Ministry of Interior regarding these claims.
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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 regarding Liqaʼ Khanum
Mirza Abu al-Hasan, a citizen of the Ottoman Empire, whose children are in Kurdistan, died in Mecca. After his death, his wife, Liqaʼ Khanum married Shaykh Ibrahim, as a result of which, she lost custody of her children. Haji Muhammad, who is the executor of Abu al-Hasan's will, complains against Liqaʼ Khanum because she does not acknowledge the change of custodianship and has taken possession of properties that were in the hands of other guardians.