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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun and Muhammad Husayn, 1852
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun known as Khanum Jun, daughter of Ustad Aqa, and Muhammad Husayn, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Sarraf. The mahr is twenty tumans. The groom settled one-twelfth of his residential property located behind the Shah ‘Ali Bath, transferred to him by his mother, in exchange for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat with the bride, all of which was subtracted from the mahr. The groom additionally agreed to buy five misqals [unit of weight] of red gold and three mans [unit of weight] of copperware for the bride. The personal seal of the groom's...
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Marriage contract of Khadijah and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, 1827
Marriage contract of Khadijah, daughter of Muhammad Husayn, and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, son of Muhammad Hadi. The mahr is fifty tumans. The groom settled ten tumans of the mahr with the bride in exchange for one-twelfth of a residential building in Sultan Sanjar neighborhood. The rest of the mahr remains the groom's debt. The groom additionally promised to buy ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold and ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware for the bride without asking anything in return.
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Marriage contract of Zulaykha Khanum and Muhammad Sadiq, 1923
Marriage contract of Zulaykha Khanum, daughter of Haj Muhammad Ibrahim son of Muhsin, and Muhammad Sadiq, son of Ustad Rajab ‘Ali [illegible]. The mahr includes: seventy-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, of which the bride and the groom have agreed fifty tumans will be given to the bride to buy women's clothes, copperware, [illegible], rug, gold earrings, and cloth. The rest remains the groom's debt. The mahr also includes one-and-a-half misqals [unit of weight] of gold and one-sixth of a house that the groom's brothers transferred to him.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan and Muhammad Karim, 1885
Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan, daughter of Haydar ‘Ali (son of Muhammad ‘Ali), and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad Isma‘il [illegible]. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and three thousand three hundred fifty dinars, part of a property in [illegible] region of the Zaj Abad neighborhood, thirty tumans to buy property, fifteen tumans for women's clothes, ten tumans for a set of rugs, four tumans for a set of bedding, five tumans for a pair of earrings, three tumans as a bridal gift, and two mans [unit of weight] of copperware. The groom and his father settled on all of the items listed...
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Marriage contract and divorce settlement, 1884 and 1888
One side is the marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn son of Sayyid Nasr Allah, and Muhammad Isma‘il, son of the late Muhammad Riza Da’i. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which the groom paid thirty tumans in women's clothing, rugs, gold, and copper worth five tumans. The other thirty tumans remain the groom's debt. The other side is the divorce settlement of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn from Gazirgah, and Ismaʻil, son of the late Riza Mushki-baf from Gazirgah. Baygum Jan settled her mahr, alimony, and clothing for twenty-five dirams [dirhams] and two copper coins...
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Marriage contract of Shamsi Baygum and Muhammad Sadiq Darban, 1870
Marriage contract of Shamsi Baygum, daughter of Haj Sayyid Ahmad Khayyat [tailor] Darban, and Muhammad Sadiq Darban [illegible], son of Mulla Muhammad Husayn Kashani. The mahr includes twelve tumans, twelve misqals of rose gold worth twelve tumans, twelve mans of copperware worth twelve tumans, sets of rugs and bedding worth twelve tumans, and fifteen tumans for the purchase of a residential house. The marriage contract also includes the following conditions: in the first fifty years of the marriage, if the husband travels for two whole years without paying alimony to the wife, she can...
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, 1828
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Baqir (son of Muhammad Isma'il Bayg known as Aqa Babak), and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, son of Haj Muhammad Rafi‘ [illegible]. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom settled fifty tumans of the mahr with the bride in exchange for two sets of women clothing and part of a property in ‘Abbas Abad region of [illegible] Garm Rud. The groom additionally promised to pay for ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, ten misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry, and an Abyssinian female slave for the bride and ask nothing in exchange.
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Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi and Muhammad, 1940
Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi, daughter of Karim son of Lutfʻali from Khuzan, and Muhammad, son of ʻAbbas ʻAli resident of Huristan village. The mahr is twenty-six tumans, a share of a house in Huristan, forty tumans to buy land for the bride, ten tumans to buy gold and earrings, and one-and-a-half mans of copperware. Additionally, six tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, the bridal gift, a set of proper women's clothes, and one-and-a-half mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding.
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Marriage contract of Mah Sultan Khanum and Aqa ‘Ali, 1908
Marriage contract of Mah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Ibrahim (son of the late Muhammad Muhsin), and Aqa ‘Ali [illegible], son of Mashhadi Qasim (son of Mukhtar [illegible]). The mahr is seventy-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars. The couple agreed that fifty tumans of the mahr, to be spent on women's clothes, copperware, cloths and [illegible], rugs, and house furniture, would be paid to the bride on the night of the wedding. The rest of the mahr remains the groom's debt. The groom's father also transferred ownership of one-sixth of a residential building and one man...
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Marriage contract of Tuti Khanum and Bakhsh‘ali, 1895
Marriage contract of Tuti Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Husayn Kufayi from Rudbunah, and Bakhsh‘ali, son of Mashhadi Husayn from Rudbunah. The mahr is seventy-nine tumans and seven thousand five hundred dinars, clothes, jewelry, gold and copper, and [illegible] bridal gift. Tuti Khanum settled part of her mahr with her husband, and the rest remains the husband's debt.