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Writings about Shahr Banu
Narratives of Shahr Banu’s captivity, taking her to Madinah, and getting married to Imam Husayn, from various Shi‘i sources. On the back, there is a narrative of Battle of Karbala’.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Murvarid Baygum and Mirza Muhammad Hashim, 1901
Marriage contract of Bibi Murvarid Baygum, daughter of the deceased Sayyid Husayn (son of the deceased Aqa Sayyid ʻAli Akbar), and Mirza Muhammad Hashim, son of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn (from Mahmudabad). The groom's father has guaranteed the mahr on behalf of his son.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Zahra Khanum and Mashhadi Mahdi, 1898
Marriage contract of Bibi Zahra Khanum, daughter of Mulla Salih (from Astanah and the resident of Rasht), and Mashhadi Mahdi Qadir, son of Mashhadi Hasan Qadir (the resident of Rasht). The mahr is fifty-one tumans.
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Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum and Aqa ‘Abbas, 1926
Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum, daughter of Karbalayi Ja‘far, and Aqa ‘Abbas Qassab [the butcher] (son of Ustad ‘Ali Khayyat [the tailor] from Tehran). The mahr is eighty tumans, of which thirty tumans has been paid and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Instruction for seventeen talisman
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Letter and marriage contract, 1898
The author talks about Muhammad Hasan’s insistence on getting married and having no other option, he had suggest to Muhammad Hasan to marry Sultan Khanum, daughter of the late Husayn ‘Ali, who was ten years old. On the back, there is a temporary marriage contract for ten years between Sultan Khanum, daughter of the late Husayn ‘Ali, and Mulla Muhammad Hasan, son of Mulla Asad Allah. The mahr is two tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum and Mulla Hadi, 1908
Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Mulla Hasan, and Mulla Hadi, son of Karbalayi Ghulam. The sidaq is thirty-seven tumans, of which Mulla Hadi paid the mahr with items worth thirty-seven tumans.
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Divorce settlement and marriage contract
Divorce settlement of Sakinah Sultan, daughter of Siddiq Qanbar ‘Ali, and Karbalayi Muhammad Tupchi, son of deceased Karbalayi Isma‘il (from Kirman Shahan), over waiving her mahr and alimony, till after the waiting period. Should he wish to return within that period, then he must pay her alimony at a daily rate of half a silver qiran. Marriage contract of Raziyah Baygum and Aqa Shaykh Javad. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which thirty tumans were paid to the bride, and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Settlement of Mah Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Mustafa Khan, 1903
Settlement of Mah Baygum, daughter of the late Muhammad ‘Alikhan, and her husband Aqa Muhammad Mustafa Khan, son of Muhammad al-Ashraf, over an inherited house from Muhammad al-Ashraf, which was mentioned in her marriage contract, in exchange for one hundred and fifty thousand tumans. Then, Aqa Muhammad Mustafa Khan settled half of a newly constructed house, in exchange for one hundred and fifty tumans to Mah Baygum.
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Dowry list of Haj Ghulamriza's daughter
Dowry list of the daughter of Haj Ghulamriza, including household goods, kitchenwares, and clothing, which were received by Ahmad ‘Alikhan.