Letter, 1903
The letter is about Qaysar Khan, an Afghan with British citizenship, who the writer claims has financial conflicts with some locals, such as Muhammad Husayn. ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas has agreed to give his daughter to Qaysar Khan in marriage. He gave eighty tumans and some clothes to ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas and his daughter, and has lived with [Ustad ʻAli’s] daughter in his house for a month. The writer pleads with the receipient of the letter, claiming that action must be taken to punish Ustad ʻAli, who had gone to his house [in order to make the marriage legal], and he had told him that the Islamic law did not permit this [marriage]. The writer expresses his delight that the letter’s recepient [who ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas had also approached for approval of the marriage] had also refused to approve of this marriage. He goes on to state that, according to law and agreements, if a foreign citizen marries an Iranian girl, the girl will lose her Iranian citizenship, and if an Iranian citizen marries a foreign girl, she will lose hers and become Iranian. He ends by reiterating that unless Ustad ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas is punished, worse things will happen.
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- Date 7 February 1903
- Collections Astan-i Quds
- Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
- Restrictions No restrictions
- Accessed 14 January 2016
- Last Edited 31 March 2016
- Record no. 14126A35
