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Power of attorney for divorce, 1784
The document reads in part:Mir ʻAli al-Baqi has given the power of attorney to divorce his wife, Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum (daughter of Mirza Sayyid Mahmud), to Akhund Muhsin of Dar al-ʻIbadah of Yazd; she forgoes her mahr for this divorce. June 21, 1784.
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Power of attorney for Khayr al-Nisaʼ's divorce, 1801
Khayr al-Nisaʼ, daughter of Baba Khan the enamel painter, gives power of attorney to Mulla Haj Muhammad. Mulla Haj Muhammad is to divorce her from her husband, Muhammad ʻAli (known as Aqa Baba), the son of Jaʻfar Jilawdar. She forgoes her mahr. The divorce vow was said on April 16, 1801.
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Zayn al-ʻAbidin's power of attorney, 1827
Zayn al-ʻAbidin has appointed his nephew Sayyid Muhammad (son of Sayyid ʻAli Asghar) as his attorney to calculate the portion of the water flow that Aqa Muhammad Baqir, the tenant, has usurped illegally. On behalf of Zayn al-ʻAbidin, Aqa Sayyid Muhammad has the right to solve the problem with the least leeway to the new water bed and without any loss to the waqf. December 19, 1827.
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Power of attorney, 1855
The document reads, in part: Aqa Ghulamriza (son of Aqa ʻAli ʻAskar) and his children, Haji Husayn, Muhammad Riza, and Umm Kulsum, have appointed Aqa Muhammad Hasan (son of Aqa Husayn) as their attorney to reclaim their shares of the inherited properties of the deceased Bibi Khanum (daughter of Aqa Muhammad Riza son of Haji ʻAzim) and Aqa Ghulamriza's wife and mother of the mentioned children. Bibi Khanum had inherited these properties from her father, Aqa Muhammad Riza. The attorney has to reclaim the house, the workplace, the shops, the Khvajah Ashrafi Garden, the garden in Turanj...
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Power of attorney to divorce Sakinah, 1923
Karbalayi Rajab, the son of Karbalayi Ghulamriza, transfers power of attorney to Haj Ismaʻil, the son of Mulla Husayn, to divorce his unconsummated wife, Sakinah, the daughter of ʻAli, within ten days.
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Power of attorney to receive Agha Bibi's stipend
In a note addressed to the head of Astan-i Quds, Agha Bibi gives the power of attorney to Mr. Sadr to receive her 20-tuman stipend from Astan to Mr. Sadr.
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Marriage contract of Qamar and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, 1904
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Karbalayi Zayn al-ʻAbidin Turk, and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, son of Islamʻali Turk from Badkubah [Baku], with a mahr of 150 tumans. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife so that for fifty years after the date of their marriage, if the husband goes travelling for more than two years in a row or leaves the house and does not pay the monthly alimony of one tuman and five thousand [dinars] to his wife, the wife can get a divorce after forgiving half of her mahr.