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Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1897
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, with Muhammad Karim, son of Mirza Rahim, on January 28, 1897. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth 2 tumans, fifteen tumans cash, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 2 tumans and five thousand dinars, a carpet kilim and a pair of felt rugs worth five tumans, and one sixth of the houses that belong to the bridegroom's father. Note: part of the aforementioned properties were inherited by the bridegroom from his late mother and the rest was transferred to him from his father. The note on the verso reads: "a record of the mahr...
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Husayn, 1891
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Hasan, and Aqa Muhammad Husayn, the son of Habib Allah, dated May 5, 1891. The mahr includes 10 tumans, a bed covering made in Khvansar, a carpet, copper containers, and one sixth of the common rooms on the upper and lower level. The note on the verso reads: "Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum settled her mahr with her husband for a certain amount of money."