Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Financial documents related to Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah Khanum

Financial documents related to Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah Khanum

Documents include: the dispute between Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah and Mushir Nizam regarding the payment for straw and the writer’s attempt to negotiate with Mushir Nizam in order to persuade him to accept Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah Khanum’s terms; letter about the dispute between Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah and her tenants over lease payments for her properties; writer’s complaints about ʻAlaviyah Khanum’s negligence of the payment and his/her efforts in this regard, as well as the news of Mirza Nabi Khan’s wedding; receipt of payment to Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah Khanum and Haji Karim Khan and stipends of soldiers; receipt of Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah’s payment to Haji Karim Khan; list of financial drafts and payments of properties; report on paying financial drafts to various people and inspecting bureaucratic deficiencies in Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah Khanum’s properties; report on dividing the farm lands and receiving payment from peasants by Haji Karim Khan; letter about the failure of the negotiations with Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah and Amin al-ʻUlamaʼ about a payment; letter about negotiating with Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah and Amin al-ʻUlamaʼ about a payment, buying baize cloth and order of tailoring a coat with it; letter about receiving a financial draft and stipends, Hajiyah ʻAlaviyah’s property dispute, and her request.