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Legal documents and settlements of Manzar al-Dawlah, 1877-1905

Legal documents and settlements concerning Farahzad and Shimiran properties belonging to Manzar al-Dawlah, daughter of ‘Abbas Quli Mirza, wife of Haj Bayan al-Mamalik, including: sale settlement of shares of Haj ‘Ali Muhammad Farahzadi's sons (Haj Muhammad Husayn and Haj Muhammad ‘Ali) to Aqa Sayyid ‘Aziz Allah (March 16, 1877); Lease contract between Mashhadi Ramazan Farahzadi and Haji Sayyid ‘Aziz Allah (October 5, 1891); document regarding the payment of religious tithe by Mashhadi Ramazan ‘Ali Farahzadi to Haji Sayyid ‘Aziz Allah (September 26, 1901); and sale document of the properties...
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Munirah Jaʻfari's booklet of religious dues payments

From booklet pages: "In the name of God, at the beginning of the religious day for Munir Jaʻfari, on November 27, 1973, from 20200 tumans that she had saved from her salary as a cleric, she gave 4040 tumans to Ayatollah Milani in lieu of paying possible debts and settled to pay the same amount in monthly installments;" "In the name of God, 1000 tumans was received on November 27, 1973, Muhammad Hadi al-Husayni Milani;" "In the name of God, 1000 tumans was received, Sayyid Muhammad Hadi al-Husayni Milani, 1974;" "In the name of God, 1000 tumans was received, on November 10, 1974, Sayyid...
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Haji Mulla Husayn's settlement, 1884

The document reads, in part: Haji Mulla Husayn, the preacher, settled his property in Sarshur district to his two underage sons, Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Baqir and Aqa Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli. Until thirty years from the date of this document, the benefits of the settled property are for Haji Mulla Husayn. When he dies and the underage children come of age, with the knowledge of their mother, who will oversee the execution of the will, they have to pay 200 tumans of the benefit as Khums [religious tithe] over the course of four years, paying 50 tumans each years. [On margin:] After four years of...
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Invoice

Invoice of the cost of some goods, and the price of some services
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Maryam Khanum's sentence, 1911

The court has ordered Maryam Khanum to relinquish the ownership of parts of the house belonging to the late A[qa] Shaykh ‘Ali and to pay its rent to Farkhundah Khanum.
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Division of Iskandar Khan's belongings, 1915

Two copies of a document dividing the listed properties owned by the late Haj Iskandar Khan the Colonel among his inheritors: Hajiyah Baygum Khanum (Iskandar Khan's wife), Habib Allah Khan Sultan (Iskandar Khan's brother), and Haj Mir Aqa on behalf of his wife [Taj Amal Khanum] (Iskandar Khan's sister). The undivided belongings should be sold to pay Iskandar Khan's debts and the remaining should be divided among the mentioned inheritors. Hajiyah Baygum Khanum keeps the will. On the margin, it is noted that grain crops should also be divided among inheritors.
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Power of attorney to execute a will, 1925

Power of attorney given by Haji ‘Ali Riza Baqqal [the grocer] to his wife (daughter of the late Haji ‘Abbas Baqqal) and his oldest son, Karbalayi Muhammad, in order to execute his will and divide his possessions
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt

Mentions receiving a package of cards a week ago, the poor mail service, spending Thanksgiving and Christmas day at the Caldwell's place, the weather, and describes what they will do with the cards the addressee sent them.
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1919

It mentions the Mashriq al-Adhkar meeting and discusses important issues such as a bank account having been opened in the name of the Tarbiyat girls' school; the school tuition for the students and how students who do not have to pay the tuition are lazy and not working hard; suggests that all the students must pay even a small part of the fee; if Mrs. Kappes finds a girl whom she thinks is bright and ambitious, but her parents cannot afford the school fee, she will let you know. She continues to say that most of the children who are not paying the tuition and come from the lower classes...
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Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891

Haji Hamzah Aqa, the merchant from Tabriz, has added the following articles to the will he had drawn up earlier: one, donating his Egyptian fur coat to the executor of his will; two, regarding his deceased wife: he had specified her mahr and her other rights in his will, but since her death, it was paid off in total, except for forty tumans for prayers on her behalf, for which he is still responsible. He has specified that after his death, they should pray for twenty-two years and three months on her behalf; third, regarding the fasts and prayers mentioned in the will: five years should be...

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Legal documents and settlements of Manzar al-Dawlah, 1877-1905

Munirah Jaʻfari's booklet of religious dues payments

Haji Mulla Husayn's settlement, 1884

Invoice

Maryam Khanum's sentence, 1911

Division of Iskandar Khan's belongings, 1915

Power of attorney to execute a will, 1925

Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt

Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1919

Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891

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Legal documents and settlements of Manzar al-Dawlah, 1877-1905

Munirah Jaʻfari's booklet of religious dues payments

Haji Mulla Husayn's settlement, 1884

Invoice

Maryam Khanum's sentence, 1911

Division of Iskandar Khan's belongings, 1915

Power of attorney to execute a will, 1925

Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt

Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1919

Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891

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