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Lutf Allah's complaint against his wife, 1903 or 1904
Lutf Allah complains that his second wife left the house twenty days ago.
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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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Qadam Khayr Garusi's petition, 1914 or 1915
Qadam Khayr Garusi complains to Majlis against Haj Mirza Abu al-Bashar, who has seized her properties after the death of her husband, Sayyid ʻAbbas. The Ministry of the Interior ordered the government of Garus to investigate the case. The Majlis writes to Qadam Khayr that her complaint has been received and is being dealt with.
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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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Hadi Kurdistani's petition, 1925
Hadi Kurdistani complains against Haji Khan, who murdered his father, Aqa Khan, married his mother, and seized his and his family's property.
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Petition to Majlis regarding wage cuts
Petition by twenty members of the arsenal in Kirmanshahan to the Majlis regarding the cut in their wages and the harm this has caused them as they are unable to provide for their families with few days left to the new year.
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Complaint by ‘Ali Ashraf and Ya‘qub's wife, 1930
A petition by ‘Ali Ashraf and the wife of Ya‘qub from Shukuh Abad, on the actions of Karimi, the steward in Shukuh Abad, claiming that he has colluded with the village chief to plunder the authors' properties and expel them from the village; and a letter from the Majlis to ‘Ali Ashraf and Ya‘qub's wife notifying them of sending their petition to the corresponding court
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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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Request of Bahadur al-Saltanah's wife, 1922 or 1923
Documents include the following: letter from the Ministry of Finance to the Majlis, stating that Bahadur al-Saltanah's salary was cut because of his theft from the customhouse of Saqqiz and requesting that the Prime Minister accept the request of Bahadur al-Saltanah's wife and add her name to the list of stipendiaries if he accepts the request; letter from Bahadur al-Saltanah's wife, in which she writes that due to her husband's salary being cut off, she and her two sons, who are five and nine years old, are having financial difficulties because payments of stipend that they were supposed...
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Letter, 1910
Letter [from probably Farmanfarma's niece] to Farmanfarma on April, 29, 1910, in which she talks about personal matters between the uncle and his niece, family news, and complains to Farmanfarma about his ignorance towards her husband, Salar.