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Settlement over blood money, 1794
Settlement between Nizam, son of Haji Sharaf, who was convicted for the manslaughter of Ja‘far, son of Haji Ja‘far Qasim, and Ja‘far's inheritors. In the absence of any witnesses to prove it was a homicide, they have forgone qisas (retaliation in kind) and have settled for one hundred tumans as blood money. ‘Abd al-Ghafur, Ja‘far's brother, along with his mother and sister, received about two-thirds of the money. Some days later, Zaynal, the other brother, also gave his consent and received one-third of the blood money.
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Umm Salmah's endowment, 1794
Endowment for a garden, known as Bagh Zangi, in Abarqu village, near Yazd, and three sixths of a house and its possessions, by Umm Salmah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad ʻAli Mirza Khan Yazdi. After the property was rented out, the caretaker was to spend three tumans buying bread and raisins for the poor on the Ghadir feast, another three tumans on giving bread, dates, and raisins to the poor during fast-breaking in the month of Ramadan. Five thousand dinars were set aside in case a stranger were to die without anyone to bury them or supply the shroud. The document also dictates that...
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