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Letter disputing Kuchak Khanum's claims
The writer disputes the substance of a financial claim made by Kuchak Khanum (daughter of ʻAmu Rahmat Allah) and requests that Shariʻatmadar (the local religious leader) confirm that this claim has been settled and her further pursuance has no grounds. The marginal note, in the hand-writing and with the seal of Shariʻatmadar Haji Sayyid Sadiq, the Friday prayer leader, confirms that Kuchak Khanum had previously received all that was her due.
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Settlement between Zibandah Khanum and Aqa Jalil, 1911
Settlement between Zibandah Khanum and Aqa Jalil (son of Karbalayi Hashim), on August 26, 1911, which includes about six man [each man is three kilograms] of pure yellow oil, which sold for five tumans and three thousand and fifteen shahis.
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Asiyah Baygum Khanum receives her mahr and share of inheritance, 1921
Asiyah Baygum Khanum (daugter of Aqa Sayyid Ismaʻil Mariyanaji) has received all her mahr recorded in her marriage contract, plus her inheritance share of one eighth of her husband's (the late Karbalayi Khudabakhsh Mariyanaji) properties. She has received this from Haj Aqa Muhammad Razavi (son of Haji Aqa Hasan) Shari‘atmadar (the local religious notable), who was her husband's will executor. She confirms that she has received all that was her due, including her mahr and the one-eighth of Karbalayi Khudabakhsh's properties (from the house, household furnishings, gardens, and the rest).
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Marriage contract of Khavar Khanum Jadid al-Islam with Aqa Hasan Razavi, 1868
Marriage contract of Khavar Khanum Jadid al-Islam (daughter of Sulayman, a Jew) with Aqa Hasan Razavi (son of Iftikhar al-ʻUlamaʼ) on November 4th, 1868. Mahr is 20 tumans, which is due by the groom. The marriage contract is sealed by Hasan Ibn ʻAli Razavi.
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Letter and list of expenses
In this letter, the writer gives an interpretation of a Rumi's poem. On verso there is a document listing some personal expenses: "From the five tumans [that I had] I have paid: two thousand dinars to Abu al-Qasim Bayk, three thousand dinars for Arabian shoes, five hundred dinars for a shirt, five hundred dinars for socks, and two thousand and five hundred dinars for public bath."
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Letter from Hajib Khanum
Letter from Hajib Khanum. It reads in part: "My dearest, I have received the letter you sent me, which made my day. I will write about selling the household furniture and the carpet to A[qa] Husayn and will explain it in detail. I have said again and again that I prefer you to everyone else, and if you give that five tumans or I give it to you it's still ours. But I insist that you take more or less 10 tumans from the price of furniture in order to stop rumors. You wrote that the twenty five tumans is ready. It will be twenty five tumans because we need to pay deposit for a house in order...