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Marriage contract of Aqa Baygum and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1880
Marriage contract of Aqa Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Husayn, and Karbalayi Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Barat‘ali from Zaziran. The mahr is forty tumans. Aqa Baygum has settled twenty eight tumans of her mahr with Karbalayi Muhammad in exchange for the following: one-sixth of a house in Zaziran and a portion of land (total of 7 tumans); a colorful wedding dress (10 tumans); some copperware (2 tumans); a bedding set (2 tumans); a sheep and a goat (2 tumans); carpets and felt rugs (5 tumans); the remaining twelve tumans from the mahr remains the groom's debt. In 1895 and 1896, Aqa...
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Marriage contract of Sharaf Aqa and Mulla Lutf Allah, 1928
Marriage contract of Sharaf Aqa, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Mahdi, and Mulla Lutf Allah, the son of Mulla Aqa Mirza. The mahr is twenty six tumans, a Qur’an (valued at one tuman), two-sixths of their house of residence, a portion of land, a set of bedding from Isfahan, some copperware from Isfahan, a rug, and a piece of clothing for a wedding. The above items, except the Qur’an and the money, amount to a total of forty five tumans, which remains the groom's debt. The note on the margin says: the house, the land, the copperware, and the rug were settled for thirty five tumans and the rest...
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Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Barat‘ali, 1909
Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ‘Ali, and Barat‘ali, the son of Aqa Karbalayi Qasim‘ali. The mahr is sixty tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: part of the house of residence, parts of agricultural land and their share of water, a set of bedding made in Isfahan (seven tumans), rugs (three tumans), some copperware (one tuman), fabrics and clothing for the wedding (twelve tumans). The mentioned items equal forty eight tumans from the mahr and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.