Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Petition of four women from Kurdistan, 1922

Petition of four women from Kurdistan, 1922

Documents include the following: a petition to the Majlis written by Mahtaban, Najibah, Hamidah, and Khvurshid Laqaʼ complaining about the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan, which did not restore to them the rights that had been denied by Qavam al-Tujjar and Salar Mufakhkham; the women’s complaint about not receiving their due in spite of the official order from the office of the Ministry of Justice in Kurdistan and their request that their rights be restored with the help of gendarmes; the response of Majlis to the Ministry of Justice, requesting that it take their complaint into account and report on the outcome; the Ministry of Justice’s request to its office in Kurdistan to help these women to get their rights; the response of Majlis to these women explaining that their complaint was forwarded to the Ministry of Justice with the request that the Ministry carry out the order; the Ministry of Justice’s request to its office in Kurdistan to carry out the order and help these women to get their rights.

Item Details

  • Date 23 January 1922 - 25 April 1922
  • Collections Zanyar Nuri
  • Repository Zanyar Nuri Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 27 June 2015
  • Last Edited 7 October 2015
  • Record no. 13118B28
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