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Letters about property management in Karbala’
Two letters to Haji ‘Abd Allah, the merchant from Yazd: in the first letter (1905), Karbalayi writes about the destruction of the religious tombs in Karbala’ and notes that because of the current situation, there are less pilgrims and no demand for Haji ‘Abd Allah's houses except by the widows. He is asking for permission to rent the houses to these wealthy women for three lira per year; in the second letter (1919) from Najaf, the writer complains about the difficulties in managing the properties of Haji ‘Abd Allah in Karbala’.
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Letters from Mirza Mansur Shaykh al-Islam and his wife to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Mirza Mansur Shaykh al-Islam and his wife to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam concerning family matters.
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Zahra Khanum's will, 1920
Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, the daughter of the late Haji Allahyar Ganjah and the wife of Haji ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the merchant from Ganjah, makes a claim against her brother, Mulla Najaf, regarding her inheritance from her father and her mother, Bibi Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mustafa. Because all of Mulla Najaf's properties have been in a state of ruin due to the unrest in Caucasus and their value has depreciated since his death, Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, thinking of her brother's children, has settled her claims with them: Mashhadi Musayyab Aqa, Mashhadi Haji Bayg Aqa, and Muhammad Hasan...
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Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; about his trip, news of the family, including Nusrat Allah’s children being sent to a school in Isfahan except Mihran and Mihrdad, who will be staying in Kirman, Niptun’s marriage ceremony in Tehran, her own blurred vision, Mirza Muhammad Khan's collection of pistachios in Abariq, and discusses her pilgrimage
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Miscellaneous letters of Amjad al-Vizarah
Miscellaneous letters of Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami (Amjad al-Vizarah), including letters from Mirza Abu Turab, Majd al-Islam, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ashraf al-Sadat, Manizhah Safdari Qajar (wife of Amjad al-Vizarah), ʻAziz Kashi(?), Khanum Khanumha, Muhibb ʻAli to Amjad al-Vizarah, and his letters to Bisharat al-Dawlah and his sister Fakhri Muʻazzam.
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Will of Muhammad Zaman, 1844
Haji Muhammad Zaman, son of Haji Muhammad Baqir from Usku, appoints Haji Mir Hashim, son of Mir Mustafa from Usku, as the executor of his will and has determined how his inheritance should be divided, including the properties that should be divided among his three sons, Qasim, Ahmad, and Muhammad Kazim. They will be responsible for paying their wives' mahr from their shares. The will also includes payment of his own wife (Narjis Khatun)'s mahr as well as twenty-two tumans; repaying a twenty tuman loan to Haji ‘Ali Akbar; endowment of listed properties and assigning his sons as the...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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Letters from various senders to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Letters to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma about family, business, and financial affairs, including Najm al-Saltanah's consultations with her brother Farmanfarma about her children's marriages
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Correspondence of I‘timad al-Atibba’ (Sultan al-Atibba’) and his son Mu‘tamad al-Sultan
Correspondence of I‘timad al-Atibba’ (Sultan al-Atibba’) and his son Mu‘tamad al-Sultan, including several letters concerning family, business, and household affairs.
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Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Miscellaneous letters addressed to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam concerning family and financial matters.
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