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Temporary marriage contract of Sakinah and Mulla ʻAli Akbar, 1898
Temporary marriage contract of Sakinah, daughter of the late ʻAli Asghar son of Qurban ʻAli, and Mulla ʻAli Akbar, the blind, son of the late Mashhadi Ramazan from Qumshah village, for ten lunar years. The mahr is eight tumans, with the condition that one-tenth of it be paid each year.
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Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan and Mirza Masha’ Allah, 1878
Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan, daughter of Rajab ‘Ali Chitsaz, and Mirza Masha’ Allah, son of Karbalayi Haydar ‘Ali with a mahr of fourteen tumans; the bride must obey the groom and the mahr remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Abu Talib, 1849
Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum, daughter of Haj ʻAliyar resident of Tehran [illegible] Isfahan, and Abu Talib, son of ʻAli Riza. The mahr is twenty two tumans and five thousand dinars. Following this contract, the groom's father settled with the groom over one-sixth of a house located at [illegible] for ten [illegible] coins and ten loads of wheat. Then the groom settled with the bride over the mentioned part of property for eight tumans of the mahr. On the back of the document: "On December 23, 1860, the wife settled with Mulla Faridun, son of Aqa Vafadar, over the same one-sixth of...
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1914
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, the baker from Isfahan, and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, known as Mukarram, from Habib Abad. The mahr is twenty-six tumans and two qirans and ten shahis, and three misqals [unit of weight] of gold. The bride settled two thousand five hundred dinars of her mahr with the groom for a Qurʼan worth one tuman.
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Marriage contract of Nazpari and ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan, 1878
Marriage contract of Nazpari, daughter of the late Karbalayi Ibrahim [illegible], and ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan. The mahr is eleven tumans and a golden ring.
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Letter of invitation, 1910
A letter from Muhammad Husayn Dallal [the dealer] to Haj Muhammad Husayn Kumpani inviting him to the marriage ceremony of his offspring on Friday, April 4, 1910.
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Baygum and Haj ‘Abd Allah, 1880
Marriage contract of Kawkab Baygum, daughter of Haj Sayyid Ahmad, and Haj ‘Abd Allah, son of Haj ‘Ali, with a mahr of eighty tumans, ten tumans of which was given to the bride at the time of the marriage. The rest remains groom's debt. The marriage contract also includes the following conditions: if, in the first fifty years of the marriage, the groom travels for two full years without paying alimony to the bride, the bride can divorce herself and release the groom from paying half of the mahr. Additionally, the groom is not permited to take the bride out of the region without her consent.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan and Ustad Muhammad Naqi, 1912
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan, daughter of ‘Ali Muhammad the felt-maker, and Ustad Muhammad Naqi [or Muhammad Taqi] the hat-maker, son of Ustad Husayn the hat-maker. The mahr is twenty-six tumans and fifty shahis, which includes two hundred and sixty-two riyals, one Qurʼan worth one tuman, and two misqals [unit of weight] of goldware.
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Marriage contract of Sughra Sultan and ‘Abd al-Husayn, 1890
Marriage contract of Sughra Sultan, daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali, and ‘Abd al-Husayn, son of ‘Ali Akbar the merchant. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half qirans. The groom settled fifty shahis of the mahr in exchange for fourteen tumans, part of a residential property, and a Qurʼan.
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Marriage contract of Taj Mah Sultan and Muhammad Riza, 1895
Marriage contract of Taj Mah Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, and Muhammad Riza, son of Muhammad Hasan. The mahr is thirty tumans, a part of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Isfahan, and two misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry.
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