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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum and Husayn Pasha Khan, 1885

Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum, daughter of ʻAbd al-Samad Khan Hasanabadi, and Husayn Pasha Khan Ajudanbashi [Head of aide-de-camp] of Amirtuman Amirbahadur, Muzaffar al-Din Shah's defence minister, dated May 24, 1885. The mahr is 500 tumans, a set of bedding worth 20 tumans, and a gold ring with a ruby gem worth 30 tumans. The witnesses are Karbalayi Fath Allah Taymur Bayg Mubashir and Aqa Mir ʻAli Akbar Mardanqumi
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Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Khanum and Ahmad Aqa, 1883

Marriage contract of Ummah [Umm] Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Haji Muhammad Isma‘il Arbab, and Haji Ahmad Aqa, the son of Muhammad Husayn Arbab. The mahr is five hundred tumans and a copy of the Qur’an, which remains the groom's debt. According to a note on the first page, dated 1902, Umm Kulsum Khanum settled her mahr and all her rights with Haji Ahmad Aqa in exchange for three hundred tumans.
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Haji Hasan's book of documents

Haji Hasan's book of documents - book 4 - documents related to women are the following: seq 4: settlement between ʻAliriza Bayg, son of the deceased Muhammad Bayg ʻUmar Quli, with the permission of ʻAliriza Bayg's wife, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, and Maryam Khanum, sister of Khadijah Sultan Khanum, both daughters of the deceased ʻAbd al-Muhammad Bayg ʻUmar Quli, and Aqa Muhammad Hasan, representative of the United Kingdom, for three shares of the joint ownership of their paternal inheritance, including buildings, land, and some other rights, for 1100 tumans, September 2, 1871; seq 6: Qamar...
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‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892

Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father's death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own...
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Marriage contract of Zaynab Khanum and Rajab‘ali, 1889

Marriage contract of Zaynab Khanum, the daughter of Ustad Qasim, and Rajab‘ali Abarqu’i, the son of Aqa Hasan. The mahr is forty-five tumans, of which fifteen tumans have been paid and the remaining thirty tumans remain the groom's debt. A note on the margin specifies that a condition of the marriage is that the wife has the right to choose the place of residence and any relocation should be done with her consent and permission.
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Settlement of Fatimah Nisa’ Khanum with Ganj‘ali and Muhammad Karim, 1872

Fatimah Nisa’ Khanum, the daughter of Hasan Rubini, forgoes her claims against Ganj‘ali and Muhammad Karim, the sons of Davud, in exchange for some crystal candy. Ganj‘ali, too, renounces his claims against his wife, Fatimah Nisa’ Khanum, in exchange for the same amount of crystal candy, provided that she reside anywhere but in Nuhah.
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Two letters, 1890

On one side: a letter dated March 16, 1890 discusses sending ivory from Kurdistan and mentions that the writer has refrained from speaking to the servants of the lady; on the other side: concerning the objections of the mother and grandmother of the underage Fath‘ali, the writer discusses the late Mirza Ishaq Khan's will and states that the executor and the guardian of the underage child have been assigned. It determines the shares of his wife and sons after deducting his debts. There is no room for complaints from his mother and grandmother.
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Dividing the inheritance of Sa‘id al-Mulk's daughters, 1874

Sa‘id al-Mulk's landed properties are divided among his three daughters, who have inherited them. Husaynquli Khan and Mirza Salih Khan represent their wives (Sa‘id al-Mulk's daughters) and Shahzadah Khanum represents Nusrat al-Dawlah, who is the guardian of the underage Zinat Taj Khanum. The document lists the properties and shares of each party; part of the shared property remained undivided for everyone's benefit.
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Vakili Tabatabayi family genealogy, 1894

Family tree (without the names of female members); total count of males: 117, females: 106; includes a note on creation of this genealogy and a chart of signs; made by ‘Ali Akbar, the son of ‘Abd al-Jalil Chaparbashi, and Muhammad Riza Tabatabayi has confirmed it, January or February of 1894.
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Mir Muhammad Baqir Jinab

Mir Muhammad Baqir Jinab, father of Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab (Saltanat Khanum's husband)

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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum and Husayn Pasha Khan, 1885

Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Khanum and Ahmad Aqa, 1883

Haji Hasan's book of documents

‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892

Marriage contract of Zaynab Khanum and Rajab‘ali, 1889

Settlement of Fatimah Nisa’ Khanum with Ganj‘ali and Muhammad Karim, 1872

Two letters, 1890

Dividing the inheritance of Sa‘id al-Mulk's daughters, 1874

Vakili Tabatabayi family genealogy, 1894

Mir Muhammad Baqir Jinab

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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum and Husayn Pasha Khan, 1885

Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Khanum and Ahmad Aqa, 1883

Haji Hasan's book of documents

‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892

Marriage contract of Zaynab Khanum and Rajab‘ali, 1889

Settlement of Fatimah Nisa’ Khanum with Ganj‘ali and Muhammad Karim, 1872

Two letters, 1890

Dividing the inheritance of Sa‘id al-Mulk's daughters, 1874

Vakili Tabatabayi family genealogy, 1894

Mir Muhammad Baqir Jinab

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