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                <p>Letter and envelope from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar; discusses the well-being of the family and Malik Sultan taking over of the property in Zaviyah village; asks ‘Amid Lashkar to send him the writer’s message and threaten him, saying that if he does not leave the property, they will send the officers and additionally says to tell him that the curse of the suffering girl will follow him forever. He then asks ‘Amid Lashkar for some flour to be sent to his house due to the bread crisis and sends greetings to Sawlat al-Sultan, ‘Illiyah ‘Aliyah Haji Khanum, and Zahra Sultan Khanum.</p>

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                late 19th/early 20th century
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                Letter: 21.5 x 27 cm, envelope: 11 x 13 cm
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              24 October 2017
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