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Marriage contract of Saltanat and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, 1915
Marriage contract of Saltanat, the daughter of Haj ʻAbd Allah, and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, the son of Zabih Allah, dated May 15, 1915. The mahr is 160 tumans and includes: the use of water from two sources worth 50 tumans, one third of a garden's profits worth 20 tumans, a house located where the groom lives worth five tumans, two outfits worth ten tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, a carpet worth ten tumans, three mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth eight tumans, sheep worth 12 tumans, and 40 tumans in cash. The wife, Saltanat Khanum, has settled part of the marriage...
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Marriage contract, 1890
Marriage contract dated February 23, 1890, [in which the bride's and groom's names cannot be deduced as the document is missing some parts] with a mahr of 70 tumans. The marriage was conducted by Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad, their attorney. The mahr includes: two houses for seven tumans, two outfits either handmade or bought for six tumans, a set of bedding for two tumans, carpets and felts for three tumans, one fourth of the water usage of a qanat for fifteen tumans, one fourth of the water usage of another qanat and the springs of Gardanah Shir for ten tumans, two mans [each man equals three...
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Marriage contract of Sadiqah Khanum and Mirza Mahdi Quli, 1927
Marriage contract of Sadiqah Khanum, daughter of Mirza Sayyid Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Mahdi Quli, son of Mirza Sayyid Asad Allah. The mahr is one hundred tumans, which includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, white gold worth twenty-five tumans, women's clothing worth twenty-five tumans, and twenty-five tumans in cash. The groom and his father settled some properties and some water channels for fourteen riyals of the mahr with the bride.
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Marriage contract of Banu Khanum and Haj Ghulam Riza, 1921
Marriage contract of Banu Khanum, daughter of the late Haj Javad Darvish, and Haj Ghulam Riza, son of the late Darvish Muhammad Husayn. The mahr includes twenty-one tumans, a Qur'an, parts of a building in the Aqa neighborhood, shares of land in the Ab Bariki Plain, and a share of qanat water in the same plain. On the margin: "On 22 January 1926, Darvish Ghulam Riza sold Banu Khanum's share of the land with her permission, and instead, they included another piece of land as her mahr. On 11 Decemeber 1926, Banu Khanum settled her share of the building with Yad Allah, son of the late Darvish...
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Marriage contract of Rubabah and Mashhadi ‘Abbas, 1929
Marriage contract of Rubabah, daughter of Haj Haydar ‘Ali Naddaf [cotton maker], and Mashhadi ‘Abbas Pizurbaf known as ‘Abbas ‘Ali Pizurbaf, son of the late Muhammad Ja‘far Pizurbaf. The mahr includes a Qurʼan worth five tumans, twenty-six tumans and two thousand ten shahis cash, fifteen misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one-twelfth of the groom's house, and some shares of water.
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Marriage contract of Munavvarah and Shaykh Ja‘far, 1924
Marriage contract of Munavvarah, daughter of Muhammad Ja‘far, and Shaykh Ja‘far, son of the late Haj Muhammad Husayn. The mahr is twenty-five tumans in cash, twenty-five tumans to buy gold, twenty-five tumans to buy women's clothes, twenty-five tumans to buy rugs, half of a house located in the Buka Abad neighborhood, half of two stores located in the grand bazaar, and some water channels. The groom and his mother settled the mentioned properties in exchange for seven riyals of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, 1923
Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan, daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, son of Muhammad Hasan, and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, son of Muhammad ‘Ali. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans as an initial gift, twenty-five tumans for women's clothing, twenty-five tumans for rugs, twenty-five tumans for gold, some properties, and a share of water use. The groom settled the properties and the share of water use with the bride for fourteen riyals of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum and Muhammad Sharif, 1914
Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Ja‘far Quli Bayg, and Muhammad Sharif, son of the late Karbalayi Rustam (from Jalilabad); the mahr includes some parts of Qarakul farm and Dusaran village. Haji Muhammad Baqir represented Khvurshid Khanum.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Jan and Muhammad Baqir, 1869
Marriage contract of Khanum Jan, daughter of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Razzaq, and Karbalayi Muhammad Baqir, son of Haji Qurban from Usku; mahr includes a garden and its share of water from a qanat, part of a house, a pair of gold earrings worth five tumans, and a gold ring worth one tuman, which remains the father of the groom's debt, as well as twenty tumans, which remains groom's debt
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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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