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Regarding Umm Kulsum Khanum, 1927
The writer, who has been sent to the village of Arbatan to investigate the case of Mashhadi ‘Abd al-Husayn and Umm Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Najafquli from Arbatan, reports that according to Akhund Mulla Sattar, a resident of Arbatan, Ja‘far Bayg from Arbatan had asked him to marry Umm Kulsum Khanum to his brother, Sayf Allah, but he had declined his request.
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Mahr Settlement, 1930
Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Mashhadi Rasul, has settled all of her mahr to her uncle Zu al-Fiqar in exchange for some crystal candy (November 17, 1930); On the margin, Zu al-Fiqar returns the mahr to Zahra Khanum and she gives it to her husband (January 28, 1931).
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Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum and Yusuf Aqa, 1907
Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Aqa Yusuf Aqa, the son of ‘Abbasquli Aqa; the mahr [illegible due to a tear] remains the groom's debt.
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Suna Khanum's petition, 1928
Suna Khanum, the daughter of ‘Ali from Harzand-i Jadid (Marand), writes to Ayat Allah Aqa Mirza Sadiq Mujtahid describing how Shahbaz took her from the springs at the house of Mulla Muhammad Hasan from Harzand with the aid of Jahangir, the resident of Harzand-i Jadid, and how, after a day of detention and threats, they drafted a marriage contract without her consent. She further states that the police have been harassing her to marry Shahbaz for almost a year. She petitions the Mujtahid to seek an inquiry about her case.
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Forced marriage of Fazl‘ali Khan's daughter, 1923
The writer answers a question from Sadr al-Muhaqqiq regarding the marriage contract of the daughter of Fazl‘ali Khan and Ahmad Aqa, the brother of Isma‘il Aqa. He recounts a night in the month of Rajab in 1922 when Ahmad Aqa's servants took him to Fazl‘ali Khan's house and coerced him to perform the marriage vow despite the dissent of Fazl‘ali Khan's daughter. The note on the margin states that if the girl later shows discontent the marriage is void.
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Letter from father to son
Probably from a father to his son; the writer expresses his disappointment upon reading the addressee's letter and declares that he was against his marriage from the beginning, but his son did not listen to him.
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Forbidding daughter's marriage, 1928
Haj Muhammad Shi‘ar writes to Mirza Abu al-Fath asking for an explanation of his daughter's presence in the house of Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan, Mirza Abu al-Fath Khan's seeking his permission, and his disapproval; in response, Mirza Abu al-Fath writes about the marriage ceremony and its revocation after a ruling by Sayyid Kazim and Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Mujtahid based on Muhammad Shi‘ar's disapproval, and also mentions Mirza Abu al-Fath and Abd al-‘Ali Khan's visit to Muhammad Shi‘ar and his objection to the marriage
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Marriage contract of Raziyah Khanum and Haji Aqa, 1923
Marriage contract of Raziyah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhsin Aqa, and Haji Aqa, the son of Mashhadi Kazim Aqa the merchant from Tabriz. The mahr is five hundred tumans. According to a note on the margin, Haji Aqa chose Dara Nikpur as his name during the time of the first Pahlavi [Riza Shah]. There is additional family information on the margin.
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Petition of the elders to Nuzhat al-Dawlah
The elders of the village of Turkman write to Nuzhat al-Dawlah to complain about Mulla Haydar, who interferes in everything and is not only the mulla, but also plays the roles of the village chief and steward. They report that Mulla Haydar has married off a woman, who is the wife of one of the peasants and had left for Khurasan five or six years ago, to his own nephew. They plead for Nuzhat al-Dawlah to relieve them from Mulla Haydar's ill-treatment, swearing on Sa‘id al-Mulk's soul.
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Prayers
Inscription regarding marriage is written partly in Arabic; the rest includes prayers to stop rheum, fertility, and several puzzles.
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