Yashar

A collection of legal and financial documents, including sale and settlements, claims, letters, and family photographs.

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Collection Highlights

Group portrait

Group portrait

Gulchihrah Khanum's claims, 1919

Regarding the dispute between Naz Baygum Kurdistaniyah (‘Alaviyah al-Saltanah) and Husayn ‘Ali Khan Sa‘id al-Sultan Sardar Afshar, 1919-1920

Group portrait

Shahzadah Khanum's sale document with Sulayman Khan and ‘Abd Allah Khan, 1841

Collection Details

Dates Mid-19th to mid-20th century
Date Acquired December 19, 2014
Last Edited 2 February 2016
Record Number 14141

Genres legal & financial sales & settlements powers of attorney testimony photographs correspondence
Subjects property and property management animals carpets copper gold jewels and jewelry kitchenware money silver imprisonment inheritance opium power of attorney siblings testimony usurpation clothing group portraits hair ornaments and styles veils portraits childbirth feasts children death gardens mahr agriculture food debts and loans water and irrigation hats shoes architecture Ministry of Interior Ministry of Justice

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