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From Zahir al-Sultan in Sistan to Prince Ibtihaj Sultan in Tehran. Envelope dated 2 November 1914. It concerns the problems raised by a certain Sartip [brigader] who has asked for the hand of a twelve-year old girl. He is already married with children; the girl is against the match and especially does not want to move to Birjand away from her family. The writer offers some alternative resolutions, emphasizing that a forced marriage may result in tribal disputes, and in any case, an unhappy woman does not make a good wife.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan and Mirza Asad Allah, 1920
Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Riza the merchant, and Mirza Asad Allah, with a mahr of 200 tumans that remains on groom's debt. The condition of granting the wife the right to determine the location of their residence was removed from the contract's conditions.
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Temporary marriage contract of Fatimah and Ustad Mirza, 1919
Temporary marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of ʻAli Akbar Farizi, and Ustad Mirza, the son of Muhammad ʻAli the mason from Mashhad, for a month. The mahr is three tumans. During this time, the husband has to pay for the wife's living expenses.
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Marriage contract of Yalda known as Fatimah and Lavan Khan Sarhaddi, 1919
Marriage contract of Yalda, known as Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad ʻAbbas, and Lavan Khan Sarhaddi, with a mahr of 30 tumans. A person named ʻAbd al-Husayn writes to Mulla Muhammad that because Yalda was from the latter's region (Sistan), he would send the marriage contract to him so that he could write two copies of it, keeping one and sending the other one back to himself sealed.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Bibi and Muhammad Taqi, 1913
Marriage contract of Fatimah Bibi, the daughter of Mashhadi ʻAli Akbar, and Muhammad Taqi, the son of Mashhadi Asad Allah, with a mahr of 70 tumans. The wife has received 20 tumans, and the rest will be paid to her upon her request, if the husband can afford it.
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Marriage contract of Qamar and Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, 1918
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Mashhadi Muhammad ʻAli the warder, and Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the son of Mulla Samiʻ, with a mahr of 100 tumans and some gold. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife to divorce herself after forgiving half of her mahr (or all of it, if he cannot afford it) in the fifty years after the marriage if, for six consecutive months, the husband does not pay her four tumans and five thousand [dinars] for monthly household expenses.
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Marriage contract of Batul Baygum and Mirza Muhammad, 1925
Marriage contract of Batul Baygum, the daughter of Haj Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, and Mirza Muhammad, the son of Mirza Shaʻban. The mahr is 1000 tumans, which includes: one sixth of a house worth 500 tumans, copper worth 60 tumans, four sheep and goats worth 100 tumans, one woolen carpet worth 100 tumans, a set of bedding worth 50 tumans, and a carpet worth 160 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Jan and Karbalayi ʻAli, 1910
Marriage contract of Khanum Jan, the daughter of Salar Muhammad (son of Ghulamʻali from Juymand), and Karbalayi ʻAli, the son of Ishaq from Rashkhvar, with a mahr of: two-sixths of a house bought by Salar Muhammad, an outfit to be bought for eight tumans, five mans of copper worth six tumans, carpets to cover a room, worth six tumans, and a set of bedding worth five tumans. Five tumans remain groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah and Mulla Haj Muhammad, 1923
Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, and Mulla Haj Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Mulla ʻAli, with a mahr of 755 tumans, which includes: pieces of land, water usage right of qanat, part of a house, a carpet to cover a room, gold, silver, clothes, and copper. On March 25, 1928 the husband transferred the ownership of some pieces of land to his wife.
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Marriage contract of Saltanat and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, 1915
Marriage contract of Saltanat, the daughter of Haj ʻAbd Allah, and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, the son of Zabih Allah, dated May 15, 1915. The mahr is 160 tumans and includes: the use of water from two sources worth 50 tumans, one third of a garden's profits worth 20 tumans, a house located where the groom lives worth five tumans, two outfits worth ten tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, a carpet worth ten tumans, three mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth eight tumans, sheep worth 12 tumans, and 40 tumans in cash. The wife, Saltanat Khanum, has settled part of the marriage...