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Petition regarding cutting of trees
The writer, who is responsible for taking care of the garden and almond trees in the Yingijah village owned by a woman from Tabriz (Zuka’ al-Dawlah's niece), complains to the head of the police in Dihkhvariqan regarding Muhammad, son of Khizr, for cutting trees down to make charcoal and therefore damaging the lady's property. He requests remuneration for the damage.
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Correspondence regarding Maryam Khanum's claim, 1913 to 1915
Documents include a petition by Maryam Khanum, daughter of Shahzadah ‘Abbasquli from Kirman, about her three-year unpaid salaries; an order for an investigation by the Ministry of Finance; correspondence among Treasury Department officials and other centers consisting of a statement about Maryam Khanum's name registration as deceased in 1910 in Simnan, and the request for proof of identity from Mazandaran; presenting proof of identity and an affidavit; and the decree by Vusuq al-Dawlah, the Minister of Finance, for repayment of Maryam Khanum's salary.
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Petition regarding a seized property, 1913
Amal al-Saltanah [?] claims that her paternal inheritance, a residential building, has been wrongfully seized and is being used for housing members of the military with no rental fee or compensation for the damages; the writer also mentions sending letters to Mushir al-Saltanah in Tehran but to no avail.
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Letter from a female servant of a shrine
Letter from a woman who is the servant of a shrine, regarding the termination of her salary
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Petition by Ihtisham al-Dawlah's wife
Majd al-Dawlah's daughter (wife of Ihtisham al-Dawlah) writes to Nayib al-Saltanah, explaining how neither her father nor her husband could support her financially. She asks for a new job for her husband or a stipend for herself, so she could support her children and servants.
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Probably to ‘Amid Lashkar about professional and family matters, including: taking a leave from the army in Tabriz; the booklet for registering the wages, the death of Hazhir al-Mulk's wife, seeing Mirza Abu Turab Khan, the suggestion to give the position of pay master of the Nasir regiment to ‘Amid Lashkar, the writer's service in his trip to Chahar Uymaq and Salmas, family news, getting wheat from Vali Hasan village, ‘Ata Bayg's intention to sell his property, the letter from Abu Turab Khan's mother, and the promise to ‘Azimat Khanum and Mirza Abu Turab Khan.
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Mufarrah al-Saltanah's petitions, 1923-1931
Mufarrah al-Saltanah's petitions against Qasim Khan Sardar Humayun: the first petition dates to 16 Jan 1923, in which Mufarrah al-Saltanah, mother of the Sardar Rashid's children, gives 1500 tumans as a lawyer's fee to Sayyid Husayn Aqa Hujjat al-Islamzadah as a lawyer's fee if she receives 12000 tumans from Sardar Humayun. The second petition, written on 24 Feb 1923, again considers Sardar Humayun's debt to Sardar Rashid's inheritors. In the third petition, addressed to the Ministry of Justice on 2 March 1931, Mufarrah al-Saltanah complains that Sardar Humayun has not paid his debt of...
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Petition by Mulla Ibrahim's wife
Petition by the wife of Mulla Ibrahim, son of Mulla Rustam the watchmaker, whom the late shah converted to Islam, mentioning that she and her children have not received any salaries for some time.
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Miscellaneous letters, late-19th century through early-20th century
Letters include the following: a report on earnings from Farmanfarma's properties, a letter about a meeting with Farmanfarma, a letter concerning an order for bullets, a report on crop sales, a letter about Sayf Allah Mirza and financial matters, a letter about a meeting with Nizam al-‘Ulamaʼ, a telegraph sent by Bahaʼ al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a letter from the mother of Nasir al-Dawlah to an unidentified party, a unidentified party's letter about death of a spouse, a letter from an unidentified party to Mirza ʻAbd Allah Khan Mustawfi, a letter from an unidentified woman about...
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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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