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Marriage contract of Nazar Khanum and Ni‘mat Allah, 1894
Marriage contract of Nazar [Manzar?] Khanum, the daughter of Qanbar, and Ni‘mat Allah, the son of Fath Allah from the village of Fahuran. The mahr is thirty-one tumans, part of which has been given to the bride in the form of a share of inheritance, jewelry, and clothing. The remaining six tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Sale of Musa's inheritance, 1826
Zulaykha Khanum, Musa’s wife, Maryam Khanum, Musa’s daughter, and Safiyah and Imam‘ali, Musa's underage children, represented by some of the people of the village — whose names appear on the margin -- sell their shares of the inherited houses in ‘Uryandibi [Ayrandibi] to Karbalayi Hasanquli and Karbalayi Bakhsh‘ali, the sons of ‘Abbas, for three tumans and fifteen thousand dinars. Of the three tumans, Maryam gets one tuman and two tumans go to the underage children.
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Mah Sultan's will, 1903
Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, known as Mah Sultan, the daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Abd al-Muttalib, has appointed Aqa Mirza Muhammad Sahib Amin al-Tujjar, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Husayn Amin al-Tujjar from Shiraz, as the executor of her will regarding her inherited property from her late husband, Haj ‘Abd al-Husayn, as her mahr and as half of her one-eighth share. Khayr al-Nisa’ has left all her belongings to her daughter, Fatimah Baygum known as Bibi Kuchak, for which she is responsible for the cost of forty years of prayers and fast on behalf of her mother.
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, 1828
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Baqir (son of Muhammad Isma'il Bayg known as Aqa Babak), and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, son of Haj Muhammad Rafi‘ [illegible]. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom settled fifty tumans of the mahr with the bride in exchange for two sets of women clothing and part of a property in ‘Abbas Abad region of [illegible] Garm Rud. The groom additionally promised to pay for ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, ten misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry, and an Abyssinian female slave for the bride and ask nothing in exchange.
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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, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1871
Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ahmad, and Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on July 16, 1871. The mahr includes 18 tumans cash, room's carpets worth 6 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth four tumans, part of a building in Shaykh Zayn al-Din neighborhood, and a piece of land. A note on the verso reads as follows: "The bride received the mahr and nothing more is owed to her except half of her share of her husband's inheritance, which will be given to her when her late husband's debts are paid. April 1, 1872." Another note on the...
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