Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Hurmat al-Muluk's complaint against a Russian citizen, 1907

Hurmat al-Muluk's complaint against a Russian citizen, 1907

Hurmat al-Muluk, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Hidayat, the Shaykh al-Islam of Savujbulagh, and the wife of Shujaʻ al-Mulk Mukri, has complained to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Azarbayjan about a Russian citizen [Taqi Uf]’s attack on the village of Talkh Ab and terrorization of the populations of Talkh Ab and other villages in the vicinity. The office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that they have talked to the Russian consulate. At the bottom of the same document, the Foreign Minister of the time, ʻAlaʼ al-Saltanah, included a note to Hurmat al-Muluk regarding the pursuit of the case by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Item Details

  • Date 18 June 1907
  • Collections Zanyar Nuri
  • Repository Zanyar Nuri Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 25 June 2015
  • Last Edited 1 February 2018
  • Record no. 13118B3
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