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Petition by the people of Khaminah
The people of Khaminah have written to a woman [possibly Nuzhat al-Dawlah] regarding their problems with the current steward, requesting that she would send a trustworthy person to review the accounts, compare them to that of the steward, and insure that he is not exacting taxes more than what is recorded.
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Settlement of Zivar Khanum and Mirza Musa Khan Amin al-Kuttab, 1893
Settlement between Zivar Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Ishaq Khan, and her paternal uncle, Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Mirza Musa Khan Amin al-Kuttab, regarding the inheritance of her father from the village of Nujah Dih, in the district of Khanumrud, in exchange for one hundred and eighty five tumans.
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Lease between ‘Izzat Allah Khan Sultan and Sakinah Sultan Khanum, 1902
Rental agreement between ‘Izzat Allah Khan Sultan and Sakinah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of ‘Abd al-‘Ali Sultan, for the summer and winter crops of Sakinah Sultan's inherited property in Aqdagh-i Sufla in exchange for 6 kharvar [unit of weight] grains for two years. The lessee is responsible for damages due to pests or natural disasters. The price of a dozen trees in the land was determined to be twenty tumans.
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Settlement and crop-sharing contract between Khanumi Khanum and Bala Bayg Yavar, 1820
These documents include: 1- a settlement, dated April 23, 1820, between Khanumi Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Sultan, and her husband, Bala Bayg Yavar, the eldest son of ‘Ali Mardan Khan, in which she settles her mahr in exchange for a farmland known as ‘Ali Akbar farm, in Guni, as well as some shares of water usage from the qanat. 2- on April 25, 1820, Bala Bayg Yavar rents the crops and products of ‘Ali Akbar farm and water usage from its qanat from his wife, Khanumi Khanum for thirty years in exchange for an annual amount of twenty tumans.
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Will of Muhammad Zaman, 1844
Haji Muhammad Zaman, son of Haji Muhammad Baqir from Usku, appoints Haji Mir Hashim, son of Mir Mustafa from Usku, as the executor of his will and has determined how his inheritance should be divided, including the properties that should be divided among his three sons, Qasim, Ahmad, and Muhammad Kazim. They will be responsible for paying their wives' mahr from their shares. The will also includes payment of his own wife (Narjis Khatun)'s mahr as well as twenty-two tumans; repaying a twenty tuman loan to Haji ‘Ali Akbar; endowment of listed properties and assigning his sons as the...