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Letter of attorney about alimony for Haji Ghulam Husayn's daughter, 1916
Letter written by the attorney of Haji Ghulam Husayn Zari‘ [the farmer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ra’is al-‘Ulama’ regarding the amount of money that Mirza Lutf Allah paid to Haji Ghulam Husayn as alimony for Haji Ghulam Husayn's daughter (which had to be paid by Mirza ‘Abbas Khan, son of Mirza Lutf Allah Naqqash [the painter]), but Haji Ghulam Husayn refused to accept. The receiver responds that the amount not accepted by Haji Ghulam Husayn was one hundred and forty tumans, but the alimony was more than that.
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Power of attorney to get mahr and alimony, 1914
Power of attorney given by Bibi Shawkat Sultan, daughter of Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the junk seller] and permanent wife of Ibrahim Bazzaz [the draper], to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, known as Saham al-Shari‘ah, in order to get her alimony, cost of clothing, and mahr from her husband, Ibrahim, and his mother
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Petition of Haji Husayn ‘Ali about his daughter's mahr and alimony, 1915
Petition written by Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ayatollah Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husayni, about the debt of his daughter's husband to him. The debt is eighty tumans of mahr and three years of alimony, which his daughter transferred to him in another settlement. At the end, the receiver of the petition writes that Ibrahim hasn't paid his debt yet, and the wife can get divorce based on Shari‘ah (with the father acting on her behalf).
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Court resolution on a couple's dispute, 1910
Court order to resolve alimony disputes and other marital issues between Karbalayi Chiragh 'Ali Nahhas (copper dealer), son of the late Karbalayi Muhammad Kazim from Shiraz, and his wife, Zivar Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Yusuf Pilah-var (silk dealer) from Shiraz
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Bibi Zivar Sultan's petition, 1910
Petition by Bibi Zivar Sultan to the Friday prayer-leader of Fars against her husband, Mashhadi Chiragh ‘Ali, who has not paid her alimony; testimonies and the addressee's response are also included.
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Settlement over mahr and alimony, 1928
Settlement of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Rasul, his father (Haji Nasr Allah), and his daughter (Khanum Zaman) with Haj Muhammad Riza Tajir [the merchant], son of the late Mashhadi ‘Ali Akbar from Shiraz, over Khanum Zaman's alimony and mahr (which includes items listed, worth from one tuman to two thousand tumans) for ten tumans and some Russian hard sugar; then Haji Muhammad Riza triple-divorced Khanum Zaman.
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Bihjat Khanum's claim regarding her mahr and alimony, 1926
Bihjat Khanum, daughter of the late Sayyid Muhammad, gives the power of attorney to Sayyid Sulayman in order to claim alimony and her mahr from her husband Tahmasb Khan, son of the late ‘Ali Mirza. Her husband has not paid any alimony since they married two years ago. Ayatollah Muhammad Ja‘far approves Bihjat Khanum's claims and rules against Tahmasb Khan, the husband.
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Petition of Haj Ghulam Husayn about his son-in-law's debt
Haj Ghulam Husayn writes a petition to Haj Shaykh Yahya, the Friday prayer-leader of Fars, regarding what Mirza Lutf Allah owes him and his daughter, including: one thousand tumans as a dowry, eight hundred tumans as his daughter's alimony and clothing expenses, and one hundred tumans as his daughter's mahr, which remains Mirza Lutf Allah's debt.
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Letter
Letter about the writer's illness and loneliness, a fifty-two year old woman who wants to get married, discontent about staying in Shiraz, promising to send orange seedlings before Nawruz, complaining about the mujtahid who has instructed the addressee's sister to ask for alimony, and some other news
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List of possessions, 1911
List of the belongings of the writer and her sister