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Letter and list of expenses
In this letter, the writer gives an interpretation of a Rumi's poem. On verso there is a document listing some personal expenses: "From the five tumans [that I had] I have paid: two thousand dinars to Abu al-Qasim Bayk, three thousand dinars for Arabian shoes, five hundred dinars for a shirt, five hundred dinars for socks, and two thousand and five hundred dinars for public bath."
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Settlement between Zibandah Khanum and Aqa Jalil, 1911
Settlement between Zibandah Khanum and Aqa Jalil (son of Karbalayi Hashim), on August 26, 1911, which includes about six man [each man is three kilograms] of pure yellow oil, which sold for five tumans and three thousand and fifteen shahis.
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Letter
Greetings and a report of the writer's everyday activities.
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Gawhari Khanum's will, 1923
Gawhari Khanum (daughter of Haj Zu al-Riyasatayn) makes her daughter, Batul Khanum, the executor of her will so that after Gawhari Khanum's death Batul Khanum has to sell the three-sixths of the mills in Murad Bak valley, or buy that share, and spend the money for the expenses in the year of Gawhari Khanum's death. Seven hundred tumans of subtenancy should be paid for fifty years of fasts and prayers. Five hundred tumans should be paid for the expenses of carrying the corpse to the holy cities in Iraq. If this was not possible, the corpse should be carried to Qum and be burried next to the...
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Love letter
Love letter, unidentified writer and addressee: "My dearest, I received your letter when we were in Mariyanaj for almost a month and you were missed so much. I looked at your picture every day and missed the time that we were together. ... I will pray to be re-united with you again because I have no one but you and now that you are gone I pray that you come back to me so that we can have pleasurable time together in my modest abode. I hope you have found companionship on your way from Tehran. I pray for all your companions, especially for ʻIsa Bayg. Kiss his eyes for me. Muhammad sends...
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Letter from Hajib Khanum
Letter from Hajib Khanum. It reads in part: "My dearest, I have received the letter you sent me, which made my day. I will write about selling the household furniture and the carpet to A[qa] Husayn and will explain it in detail. I have said again and again that I prefer you to everyone else, and if you give that five tumans or I give it to you it's still ours. But I insist that you take more or less 10 tumans from the price of furniture in order to stop rumors. You wrote that the twenty five tumans is ready. It will be twenty five tumans because we need to pay deposit for a house in order...
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Letter
A letter, which reads: "Dearest, today Khvurshid Khanum is present and she would like you to come and visit her three hours before sunset."
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Asiyah Baygum Khanum receives her mahr and share of inheritance, 1921
Asiyah Baygum Khanum (daugter of Aqa Sayyid Ismaʻil Mariyanaji) has received all her mahr recorded in her marriage contract, plus her inheritance share of one eighth of her husband's (the late Karbalayi Khudabakhsh Mariyanaji) properties. She has received this from Haj Aqa Muhammad Razavi (son of Haji Aqa Hasan) Shari‘atmadar (the local religious notable), who was her husband's will executor. She confirms that she has received all that was her due, including her mahr and the one-eighth of Karbalayi Khudabakhsh's properties (from the house, household furnishings, gardens, and the rest).
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Divorce settlement between Nush Afarin Khanum and Aqa Hasan Shari‘atmadar, 1881
Divorce settlement between Nush Afarin Khanum (daughter of the late Sadiq Khan) with her husband Aqa Hasan Shari‘atmadar (the local religious notable); the setllement covers Nushafarin Khanum's mahr and alimony and her other rights. All of the clothes and other belongings, worth 75 tumans, were received and and repossessed. Because of the mutually agreed divorce, her husband gave Mirza Asad Allah power of attorney to execute the divorce based on the divorce contract. Nush Afarin Khanum delegated to Aqa the right to divorce her and gave away her right of alimony. Nush Afarin Khanum and her...
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Sale document and settlement between the daughters of Gawhari Khanum, 1908
Sale document and settlement between the children of Gawhari Khanum: five newly built shops in the backside of Mirza Kazim's Saray, close to Shahzadah Husayn and the Karavansaray gate, belong to the five daughters of Aqa Mirza Ismaʻil Farid al-Dawlah, namely, Batul Khanum, Rubab Khanum, Rabiʻah Khanum, Munavvar Khanum, and Maʻsumah Khanum. Each of the daughters owns part of the shops and also they are owners of a mercery, a grocery, and two stands in Hamadan's Chahar Suq. Because some people claimed the shops on backside of Mirza Kazim's Saray and because two daughters are underage...
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