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Marriage contract of Amirah Baygum Khanum and Mirza Abu al-Qasim Khan, 1903
Marriage contract of Amirah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Abu al-Qasim Khan, the son of Fazl Allah Khan. The mahr includes 50 tumans cash, a ring worth 100 tumans, and a roll of shawl worth 50 tumans, which were received by the bride, and a piece of farming land and its water use, with a combined value of 500 tumans. Thus, the mahr totals 700 tumans, which was given to the bride was with the permission and approval of the groom's father, who was present at the session, gave his permission, and confirmed the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum and Nasr Allah Khan Qajar, 1898
Marriage contract of Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Mahdi Khan (son of Vakil al-Mulk), and Nasr Allah Khan Qajar, son of Muhammad Husayn Khan (son of Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Qajar from Kirman); mahr is one thousand one hundred and ten tumans. At the same time, Nasr Allah Khan settled with Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum over a share of water in a property in Chamak, Isfandaqah worth one thousand tumans, as part of her mahr.
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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj and Aqa Khan, 1898
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj, daughter of Hasan Aqa Sultan, resident of Ziyabad village, and Aqa Khan, son of Baba Khan, resident of the same village. The mahr includes three tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, five thousand dinars for a Qur'an, twenty-five misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one hundred misqals of silver, ten tumans to buy a set of bedding, forty tumans to buy a set of rugs, an oil lamp, a bathing bowl, a tray, a ewer and basin set, and ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware worth ten tumans. Additionally, the groom's father transferred the ownership of some...
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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj and Iskandar Khan, 1904
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj, daughter of [illegible], and Iskandar Khan, son of Baba Khan. The mahr includes a Qurʼan, a set of rugs, a set of bedding, copperware, and some property.
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Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1901
Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad Riza, and Akhund Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Akhund Mulla Muhammad Isma‘il; the mahr includes: a Qur’an worth one tuman; fifteen tumans; one thousand dinars; five misqals [each misqal is 4.25 grams] of rose gold; carpets to cover a room, including two runners, felt, and a small carpet worth ten tumans; two and a half mans (shah) [each man (shah) is 6 kilograms] of copperware worth of six tumans and five thousand dinars; a set of qalamkar beddings from Isfahan worth of four tumans; one-sixth of a house in Shahrak neighborhood...