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Marriage contract of Karbalaʼi ʻAli and Bibi Hajir, 7 October 1877

Marriage contract between Karbalaʼi ʻAli, son of Aqa Rajab ʻAli, and Bibi Hajir, daughter of Haj Mirza Baqir. The mahr is 200 tumans, 25 Nasir al-Din shahi coins, and 10 misqals of gold.
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Rose medallion bowl

This rose medallion bowl belonged to Shams Aʻzam Qavami, wife of Ahmad Muʼayyad Qavami, and was handed down to her granddaughter, Aʻzam Dukht Qavami.
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Rose medallion plate

This rose medallion plate belonged to Shams Aʻzam Qavami, wife of Ahmad Muʼayyad Qavami, and was handed down to her granddaughter, Aʻzam Dukht Qavami.
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Taʼdib al-nisaʼ [Disciplining women]

Ta’dib al-nisa’ [Disciplining Women], also known as Ta’dib al-nisvan, is a male-centered, often misogynous text written in the tradition of satirical books of advice to men about how to treat their wives and train their daughters. According to Ruhangiz Karachi, the author of this text is most probably Khanlar Mirza Ihtisham al-Dawlah (d. 1861, a son of Fath 'Ali Shah). See "Who is the original author of Ta’dib al-nisvan?", Tarikh-i adabiyat, 65, 3 (summer 2010): 199-208.
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Settlement of ʻAmuk belonging to Tuba Khanum, 1871

Document settling property of ʻAmuk and Haji'abad, belonging to Tuba Khanum, and asserting Tuba Khanum's receiving the money, and Tuba Khanum's pledge to pay her brother, Muhammad Rasul, his share
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Khvurshid Khanum's property feud

Documents about a dispute between Khvurshid Khanum (mother of [Muhammad Hasan Khan Iʻtimad al-Saltanah] Saniʻ al-Dawlah) and others over ownership of Dih-i Naw village
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Collection of essays and legal documents

A collection of a number of essays with different writers and scribes. Some parts are devoted to the explanation of different types of marriage and divorce. In between the lines, there are a number of contracts and settlements, including lease, and sale settlements, but most of them are marriage contracts and divorce settlements. Dates of these contracts are mostly in 1840s. The first date is 13 January 1845 and the last date is 31 May 1893.
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Door

Wooden door with metal hardware, painted and varnished
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Rose medallion plate

This rose medallion plate belonged to Shams Aʻzam Qavami, wife of Ahmad Muʼayyad Qavami, and was handed down to her granddaughter, Aʻzam Dukht Qavami.
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Vaqayiʻ al-ayyam

This is a travelogue of Shaykh al-Islam Mansur Qazvini in which he gives accounts of the lives of people. In the beginning it is indicated that the manuscript is in his own hand writing, but at the end it is mentioned that the scribe of this volume, which was finished in 1893, was Mirza ʻAli Akbar, the son of Karbalayi Ghulamʻali.

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