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Marriage contract of Bibi Khatun and Maʻsum Bayg,1804
Marriage contract of Bibi Khatun, known as Nanah Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Taqi, and Maʻsum Bayg, son of Shah Mir Bayg. The Mahr is twenty tumans.
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Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum and Mirza Fulad, 1828
Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Taqi, and Mirza Fulad, the son of Mirza Khvajah Muhammad Darmiyani, with a mahr of 150 tumans, which includes: water usage, gold and jewelry, some properties, part of a shop, carpets for covering two rooms. On verso, the mother of Mirza Ghulamriza has stated that she has given her son her properties and lands.
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Marriage contract of Kulsum Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim, 1820
Marriage contract of Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Abu al-Qasim, and Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim, the son of Muhammad Hadi Khvurasgani; the mahr includes: twelve tumans of Tabrizi currency used in trade conducted in Isfahan, one-sixth of a residential building worth three tumans, some crimson gold, five mans [unit of weight] of copperware, and one cow worth two tumans. The groom must pay the above mahr to the bride upon her request, if he can afford it.
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Marriage contract of Zahra and Muhammad Husayn, 1831
Marriage contract of Zahra, daughter of Muhammad Husayn, and Muhammad Husayn, son of the late ʻAli Quli Bayg known as Aqa Baba. The mahr is seventy tumans. The bride settled thirty-five tumans of her mahr with the groom in exchange for one-twelfth of a house, located at Baghkaran neighborhood of Isfahan, and fifteen misqals [unit of weight] of gold. In a note on the margin, dated 27 November 1831, the wife has denied transferring her mahr to the late Ghulam Husayn and claims her mahr.
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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 Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad Baqir, 1826
Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Ustad Husayn Fakhkhar from Yazd, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Hasan (son of Zu al-Fiqar Naqi) with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: 10 shares of the shared ownership of a house (the ownership of which was divided into 80 shares), an outfit worth 10 tumans, two-and-a-half Shah-mans [each is six kilograms] of copper worth five tumans, gold, and a carpet for covering a room, worth five tumans. The groom's mother contributed the gold and the house, his father contributed the carpet, and the rest remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Kuchak and Muhammad ʻAli, 1829
Marriage contract of Khanum Kuchak, the daughter of Nasir, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Ramazan ʻAli, with a mahr of: a part of an oak garden known as ʻAli ʻAbbas, 10 Shah-mans [each equals six kilograms] of copper for 18 tumans, gold, and carpets to cover a room for 10 tumans, an outfit for 30 tumans, a silver mirror, and 30 tumans for [buying] a house.
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Marriage contract of Ruqiyah and Mir Ibrahim, 1812
Marriage contract of Ruqiyah, the daughter of Ghulam Husayn (son of Haj Qasim) and Mir Ibrahim, the son of Mir ʻAbd al-Rahim, with a mahr comprised of: a silk outfit worth 10 tumans, five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a carpet to cover a room, worth one tuman, 10 tumans cash to buy gold, 45 tumans to buy a house and properties.
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Marriage contract of Zaynab known as Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad ʻAli, 1827
Marriage contract of Zaynab, known as Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Naqi, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Muhammad Naqi, with a mahr consisting of: two outfits worth seven tumans, two Shah-mans [each of which is six kilograms] of copper worth four tumans, five tumans in gold, a carpet to cover a room, worth three tumans, six tumans in cash for a house, and a chest worth one tuman.
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Marriage contract of Badr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Mirza Abu al-Qasim al-Husayni, 1831
Marriage contract of Badr al-Nisa’ Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad al-Husayni, and Mirza Abu al-Qasim al-Husayni, the son of Mirza Muhammad Kazim al-Husayni; the mahr is one hundred tumans, including a property in Nayshabur (10 tumans), carpet (7.5 tumans), beddings (5 tumans), seven misqals [unit of weight] of red gold (3.5), 10 mans [unit of weight] of copperware (5 tumans), and a female Abyssinian slave (9 tumans).