Dividing one-third of a piece of land and the building on the property between the mother of the Vazir [minister] and Muhammad ʻAli.
Mulla ‘Ali Dizaji Ahari writes to Hujjat al-Islam about the demand of the Department of Taxes in Ahar that he and his wife, the daughter of Karbalayi ‘Abbas, pay taxes based on their belonging to the Qarachurlu clan. He states that they do not belong to the Qarachurlu clan; also argues that taxing of women is not common, and asks the addressee to mediate with the head of the Tax Department. On the margin, Ayatollah Sadiq Tababayi has requested Amin al-Ulama’ to review this case.
Settlement of properties owned by the children of Haji Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan Qavam al-‘Idalah (Mirza Ghulam‘ali Khan Qavam al-‘Idalah, Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan, Akhtar Khanum wife of Aqa Mirza Yusuf Khan, Janjan Khanum wife of Aqa Mirza ‘Abd al-Shakur, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, and Fatimah Sultan Khanum). It names Haj Mirza Hasan Aqa Mujtahid as the guardian of the underage children (Khadijah Sultan Khanum, Fatimah Sultan Khanum, and Aqa Mirza Hasan Aqa), Qavam al-‘Idalah represents himself and his sister Janjan Khanum, and Akhtar Khanum representis herself (1900); Mirza Ghulam‘ali Khan...
On the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice, a petition by Aqa Mirza Taqi and others regarding the usurpation of the water creeks and the damage to their properties by Aqa Mahmud Aqa and Muhsin Aqa, the merchants from Ganjah and Russian nationals.
Shaykh Abu al-Fazl the preacher from Ganjah writes to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Mirza Sadiq about the government council of Ganjah's intervention in his preaching to ask him to talk about the education of girls and the progress of the Armenians and Russians who have educated their daughters. Shaykh Abu al-Fazl did not cooperate and was thus exiled. He eventually started teaching in Ahar, but complains about the hardship there and requests Mirza Aqa Sadiq's assistance.
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