Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar, probably from Muntasir Lashkar; about receiving the papers, envelopes, promissory notes, and clothing; inquires about Baba Khan’s salary; discusses taxes, grain receipts, and other related financial issues; declares that he is sending a fifty-tuman promissory note in preparation for winter and asks ‘Amid Lashkar to give five tumans of it to Karbalayi Khanum; sends greetings to Hamid al-Sultan; expresses his worry about Ma‘sumah Sultan’s illness, thanks his sister-in-law for taking care of her, and then says that he is concerned about the increasing expenses of the household; the writer then addresses Mirza Mahmud Khan and others and says that he is happy to see Mahmud Khan’s handwriting, complains that Ahmad has not written to him, promises Muhammad Khan a small young horse once the pregnant mare he has purchased gives birth, sends greetings to the sisters, the aunts, Ruqiyah Sultan, and Sughra Khanum, asks ‘Amid Lashkar to give five tumans to his maternal aunt, and, on the margin, points out that he [the writer] was compelled to take a cow, mare, sheep, goat, etc. from ‘Ali Bayg because he had not paid his debt.
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- Date late 19th/early 20th century
- Dimensions 20 x 13 cm
- Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
- Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
- Restrictions No restrictions
- Accessed 24 October 2017
- Last Edited 22 January 2018
- Record no. 14142A378
