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Petition of Sulayman Khan's daughter and grandchild to Muzaffar al-Din Shah
The daughter and grandchild of Sulayman Khan Sahib Ikhtiyar complain to Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar about the assault on and plunder of their properties in Hamadan by Shujaʻ al-Mamalik and ʻAbbas Khan.
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Fatimah Sultan's petition
Fatimah Sultan, the daughter of the deceased ʻAli Akbar, writes to the Majlis that in the chaotic aftermath of the Constitutional Revolution, a group of people have attacked her village and pillaged her belongings, including cattle. She requests an investigation.
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Petition from Zari, 1900
A telegram from Zari, the daughter of Haji Kasir Allah Khan Iravani and wife of Asad Allah Khan, a citizen of Russia, who complained to the Premier that since her arrival in Maku, her mahr, some money, and her dowry were confiscated by the heirs of Ishaq Pasha Khan and that ʻIzzat Allah Khan has attacked her house and intimidated her. She had complained to Nizam Al-Saltanah but that yielded no results. She has returned to Yerevan because her children were frightened.
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Taji Khanum's belongings
Documents include the following: Mirza Lutf Allah Asad Abadi was ordered by Bihjat al-Mulk and Hisam al-Mulk to help Taji Khanum to price and sell her properties. Taji Khanum paid his wage with a financial note sent to his village, but at the time of its cashing, she refused to pay. As a result of that refusal, Mirza Lutf Allah wrote a complaint to Farmanfarma; in the letter, he explains Taji Khanum's problems in selling her properties due to financial difficulties and problems with Khan Baba Khan; provoked by Fathʻali Khan, Taji Khanum's son stole some of his mother's cattle.
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Report of a woman's murder in Kangavar
Petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the injustice by Sari Aslan, the Governor of Kangavar, and Haji Muhammad Baqir's sons pillaging the peasants and killing a woman
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Complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, 1910
Correspondence regarding a complaint against Muhammad Baqir Bayg, a Russian national, for plundering peasants from the Kutkuti clan, which resulted in the killing of a woman and the injuring of a girl
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Complaint against Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman camp, 1915
Includes a petition to the Majlis regarding the harassment by Husayn Ra’uf Bayg and the Ottoman army in Karand, ruining and pillaging villages, the arrest and execution of the people of the Kalhur, Sanjabi, and Guran clans, and the capture of fifty women from the families residing in the vicinity of the Karand caravansary and accusing them of theft. Also includes a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Ra’uf Bayg and Ottomans harassing people who live near the borders and the attack by Ism‘ail Haqi Bayg on the Sanjabi clan, ruining and setting fire to the village of Hajim...
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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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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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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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