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Letter from father to son
Probably from a father to his son; the writer expresses his disappointment upon reading the addressee's letter and declares that he was against his marriage from the beginning, but his son did not listen to him.
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Letter from son to father
Part of a letter, probably from a son to his father, referring to the addressee's criticism and pointing out that the father was the reason for his marriage and the difficulties that followed. Before the marriage, the writer reached out to his father through the late Aqa Mirza Riza while in the presence of ‘Illiyah ‘Aliyah Aqa Baji and through Haji Mirza Hasan Vazir, but the father dismissed his son's appeals and even threatened to disown him. He goes on to say that he is still suffering in a far land, and that despite having two children, he would have relieved himself of this marriage if...
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Letter to ‘Amid Lashkar
Envelope addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar; letter from his aunt; she is concerned about the condition of her daughter, Sughra, from whom she has received no news since she was married off three or four years ago. She asks ‘Amid Lashkar to send a female peasant from Chibni or Zaviyah, along with Ma‘sum and Muhammad ‘Ali, to visit Sughra and convince her husband to bring her either to Tabriz, so her mother can see her, or to one of the villages in Chahar Uymaq, so ‘Amid Lashkar could oversee them. On the margin, Muntasir Lashkar confirms his sister's request, saying that the better option would be...
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Letter, 1904
After sending greetings on behalf of Hajiyah Khanum (grandmother) and Khanumjan (the mother), the writer [probably female] talks about Nur al-Hajiyah's illness, noting that she has been coughing non-stop for the past two months; inquires about Muhammad Taqi's well-being; mentions a rumor among the female servants that Aqa plans to fire them and that one of them secretly took out all of her belongings in Ramadan and then claimed that her property was stolen, though the writer believes that the servant is lying and will investigate this. She mentions Aqa Buzurg's remark about marrying off...
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1900
Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sulayman Bayg, and Aqa Muhammad Riza, the son of Karbalayi Hasan. The mahr is twenty-five tumans and a gold ring worth one tuman, which remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum and Mirza ‘Ali Asghar, 1898
Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali the apothecary, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali Asghar, the son of Haji Mirza Mahmud the merchant from Isfahan. The mahr is one hundred and ten tumans. According to a note on the margin, Fatimah Sultan Khanum is the granddaughter of Aqa Sayyid Ahmad Fakhr al-Hukama’, the personal physician of Muzaffar al-Din Shah.
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Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum and Ghulam Riza Khan, 1905
Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum, the daughter of Muʻtamad al-Sultan Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, and Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, the son of Haji Aqa Muhammad Khan Amin al-Raʻaya. The mahr was twenty mans [unit of agricultural land] of a property and the use of water from a qanat, some pieces of land, as well as some rugs, copperware, bedding, and gold worth six hundred tumans in total. On verso, it is noted that Hajar Khanum transferred the money to Aqa Mirza ʻAli Aqa, the son of Haji Muhammad Riza to use as he sees fit on September 9, 1927.
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Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum and Muhammad Ja‘far, 1903
Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum, daughter of Haji Mahdi Tajir (merchant) from Salmas, and Muhammad Ja‘far, son of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin Tajir (merchant) from Salmas. The mahr is two hundred fifty tumans.
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Marriage contract of Rubab Sultan Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Isma‘il, 1897
Marriage contract of Rubab Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Fath Allah the accountant, and Aqa Muhammad Isma‘il, the son of Mashhadi Muhammad the cloak-seller. The mahr is eighty tumans and a gold ring worth two tumans.
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Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum and Aqa ‘Ali, 1900
Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Mahmud, and Aqa ‘Ali, the son of Aqa Muhammad Quli. The mahr is thirty-two tumans and bedding worth six tumans, which remain the groom's debt.