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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 Halimah and ʻAbd Allah, 1874
Marriage contract of Halimah, the daughter of Rajab, and ʻAbd Allah, son of Sayyid Muhammad, with a mahr of five tumans, which remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Zinat [or Zaynab] Khatun and Haj Mulla Fazil
Marriage contract of Zinat [or Zaynab] Khatun, the daughter of Muhammad Aqa Muhammad Qasim, and Haj Mulla Fazil, with a mahr of 140 tumans.
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Settlement of Khanum Bibi's properties, 1847
The document reads, in part: In 1845 or 1846, Aqa Mahdi, son of Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi, died and left one son and two daughters behind. After a while, his two [daughters] also died. The properties of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar that had been given to his son, Aqa Mahdi, were transferred to his children and after that were transferred to their mother, Khanum Bibi, daughter of Aqa Asad Allah. When the ʻiddah period was over, Khanum Bibi married Sayyid Muhammad, brother of the deceased Aqa Mahdi. Then she settled whatever property she had to her current husband, Aqa Sayyid Muhammad, for fifteen tumans....
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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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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 Maryam Banu and Rajabʻali, 1835
Marriage contract of Maryam Banu, the daughter of ʻAli Akbar, and Rajabʻali, the son of Muhammad Riza. The mahr of 16 tumans includes four tumans cash which remains the groom's debt, 10 sheep worth two tumans and 5000 [dinars], five mans of copperware worth two-and-a-half tumans, five mans woolen cloth for five thousand [dinars], some gold for three tumans, and some silver for two tumans. The groom's father gifted seven tumans to him and the rest remains the groom's debt, to be paid upon the wife's demand.
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Marriage contract of Qamar and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, 1904
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Karbalayi Zayn al-ʻAbidin Turk, and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, son of Islamʻali Turk from Badkubah [Baku], with a mahr of 150 tumans. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife so that for fifty years after the date of their marriage, if the husband goes travelling for more than two years in a row or leaves the house and does not pay the monthly alimony of one tuman and five thousand [dinars] to his wife, the wife can get a divorce after forgiving half of her mahr.
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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 Bibi Bilqays and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi, 1891
Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays, daughter of Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Mustawfi, and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi known as Badiʻ al-Shuʻara, son of Sadr al-Zakirin, with a mahr of 300 tumans, which includes: 60 tumans in cash paid to the bride, one of the twelve shares from a series of qanat in Nayshabur worth 150 tumans, a property worth 75 tumans, and some gold that remains the groom's debt. Gawhar, daughter of Haj Husayn Haj al-Haramayn, mother of Mulla Sulayman, signed to give permission to the transfer of the share of ʻAli Abad's farm.