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Regarding Umm Kulsum Khanum, 1927
The writer, who has been sent to the village of Arbatan to investigate the case of Mashhadi ‘Abd al-Husayn and Umm Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Najafquli from Arbatan, reports that according to Akhund Mulla Sattar, a resident of Arbatan, Ja‘far Bayg from Arbatan had asked him to marry Umm Kulsum Khanum to his brother, Sayf Allah, but he had declined his request.
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Mahr Settlement, 1930
Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Mashhadi Rasul, has settled all of her mahr to her uncle Zu al-Fiqar in exchange for some crystal candy (November 17, 1930); On the margin, Zu al-Fiqar returns the mahr to Zahra Khanum and she gives it to her husband (January 28, 1931).
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Forbidding daughter's marriage, 1928
Haj Muhammad Shi‘ar writes to Mirza Abu al-Fath asking for an explanation of his daughter's presence in the house of Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan, Mirza Abu al-Fath Khan's seeking his permission, and his disapproval; in response, Mirza Abu al-Fath writes about the marriage ceremony and its revocation after a ruling by Sayyid Kazim and Hujjat al-Islam Mirza Sadiq Mujtahid based on Muhammad Shi‘ar's disapproval, and also mentions Mirza Abu al-Fath and Abd al-‘Ali Khan's visit to Muhammad Shi‘ar and his objection to the marriage
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Petition by Khavar Sultan Khanum's attorney, 1927
‘Abbas al-Husayni Kawdani, the attorney of Khavar Sultan Khanum (daughter of Mahdi Sulayman from Ruzvah), writes a petition to Aqa Mulla Ghulamhusayn regarding the property disputes between Khavar Sultan Khanum and the inheritors of Karbalayi Nigahdar Bayg (Aqa ‘Abbas Quli Bayg represents himself and the other inheritors). Khavar Khanum claims that her property, partly given to her by her late husband, Mahmud, and recorded in her marriage contract, and the rest inherited through her father, was entrusted to her husband without any formal settlement or compensation. Now, this property, after...
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Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, 1925
Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Munshi Bashi, and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq Aqa the merchant from Kashan. The mahr is a Qurʼan, a Kashmir shawl, a diamond ring, and eight hundred tumans. Part of the mahr has been paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The conditions of the marriage contract are the following: for five years, Qamar Sultan Khanum has the right to divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year, or does not pay living expenses. The groom also promises that for fifty years he will...