Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Correspondence regarding the pension for ‘Abbas Khan's wife, 1903

Correspondence regarding the pension for ‘Abbas Khan's wife, 1903

Including 1- a petition by ‘Abbas Khan’s wife, the former official in Sulaymaniyah, who worked for the Government of Iran but had Ottoman nationality, and neither government attended to his wife’s rights. The Iranian Government has asked her to go to Kurdistan to receive a promissory note, but having ten children, she is not able to do so. She requests half of the payment in Sulaymaniyah. 2- A letter by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ‘Abbas Khan’s wife states that according to the Shah’s decree, ‘Abbas Khan is not eligible for any pensions and the hundred and twenty tumans he used to receive was his mission stipend. However, to acknowledge ‘Abbas’s service and to help his wife, the Government of Kurdistan will pay her fifty tumans. 3- A letter from the Ministry to the Kurdistan Government asking to give ‘Abbas Khan’s pension of one hundred twenty tumans to Dabir Hazrat, who will give one-third of the money to ‘Abbas’s wife and spend the rest on work expenses.

Item Details

  • Date 3 August 1903 - 1 October 1903
  • Collections Zanyar Nuri
  • Repository Zanyar Nuri Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 7 November 2022
  • Last Edited 8 March 2023
  • Record no. 13118D19
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