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Marriage contract of Mina Baygum and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, 1855
Marriage contract of Mina Baygum, the daughter of Abu al-Hasan, and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, the son of Ustad Aqa Baba, with a mahr of 60 tumans, which includes: 50 tumans manat, a set of bedding worth four tumans, a ewer and basin worth two tumans, two trays worth three tumans, and a lamp worth one tuman.
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Settlement of Layli with Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, 1920
Settlement between Layli, the daughter of Muhammad Vali Bayg, and Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, in which she settles all of her belongings--clothes, dishes, cash and bonds, properties, and household furnishings--for some salt and pennies in order for Mirza Muhammad ʻAli to spend 11 tumans for taʻziyah and 10 tumans for prayers [to be said for her] after her death. After payment of the religious tithe, he should spend the rest on taʻziyah for Imam Husayn.
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum and Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, 1814
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad ʻAli, and Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, the son of Mirza Jaʻfar, with a mahr of: 12 tumans equal to some crimson gold, 12 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a carpet for two tumans, a set of bedding for one tuman, one sixth of a house located behind the jamiʻ mosque. On June 8, 1845, Sayyid Zayn al-ʻAbidin settled one third of a house, the household furnishings including tableware, carpets, and copper with Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum in exchange for her mahr.
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Settlement between Aqa ʻAbd al-Rasul and his wife, Khadijah Bibi, 1851
The document reads in part: Aqa ʻAbd al-Rasul has settled all his properties and belongings (except a part of a rice farm) to his wife, Khadijah Bibi (the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi) for 100 dinars and one man (3 kilograms) of wheat. Khadijah Bibi (daughter of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi) has additionally settled 40 tumans mahr to her husband, Aqa ʻAbd al-Rasul for 100 dinars and a man (three kilograms) of barley, December, 22, 1851.
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Settlement and will of Haji Mulla Husayn, 1882
The document reads in part: Haji Mulla Husayn, the preacher, settled 1500 tumans and a man [three kilograms] of salt with his three sons, Aqa Mirza Muhammad Riza Khadim, Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Baqir, and Aqa Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli. If the settlor dies, these sons, Shaykh Muhammad Baqir and Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli, should, when their mother (Haji Mulla Husayn's permanent wife) is informed, pay the expenses for the burial, funeral, religious tithes and duties, and rawzah using the settled money with Aqa Muhammad Riza. The changes in the two wills were confirmed by the testator when he was alive. If the...