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Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891
Haji Hamzah Aqa, the merchant from Tabriz, has added the following articles to the will he had drawn up earlier: one, donating his Egyptian fur coat to the executor of his will; two, regarding his deceased wife: he had specified her mahr and her other rights in his will, but since her death, it was paid off in total, except for forty tumans for prayers on her behalf, for which he is still responsible. He has specified that after his death, they should pray for twenty-two years and three months on her behalf; third, regarding the fasts and prayers mentioned in the will: five years should be...
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad ‘Ali, 1870
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Mashhadi Karim from Usku, and Muhammad ‘Ali, son of Mashhadi ‘Ali from Usku; mahr includes part of a garden and a share of a qanat, and a candlestick worth three thousand five hundred dinars. On verso, dated September 25, 1896, Fatimah Baygum has received eighty tumans for the garden and the qanat share from Haji Sayyid Muhammad Tajir (merchant) from Usku.
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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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Sale document of Umm Kulsum Khanum, 1872
Umm Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Mashhadi Aqa and the wife of Mir Aqa, in a separate document, had sold her one-week share of the Khan Muhammad Khan qanat in Ahrab to Haj ʻAli ʻAbbas, the well-known merchant from Lak. She additionally sells him her one-week share of the qanat in Ganjʻalikhan garden; this garden was purchased by the owners of Khan Muhammad Khan qanat.
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Settlement between Mirza Aqa and his daughter, 1894
Settlement between Mirza Aqa, son of Haji Aqa, and his daughter, Surur Aqa, regarding his belongings in exchange for one man (unit of weight) of wheat and one man of salt
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Settlement between Nisa’ Khanum and Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad, 1854
Settlement between Nisa’ Khanum, daughter of Amir Khan Bayg, and Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad Munshi over some properties in Mihranrud, in exchange for three tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars
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Settlement of Sayyid Muhammad and his children, 1891
Settlement of Karbalayi Sayyid Muhammad, son of the late Mir Taqi (from Usku), and his children, Mir Jalil, Sayyidah Khanum, and Rubab, with Haji Sayyid Muhammad Tajir (merchant) from Usku over a share of water from a qanat in Uskuyah in exchange for nineteen tumans
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Settlement of Shahzadah Khanum and Khvajah Nazar, 1854
Settlement between Shahzadah Khanum, Fath‘ali Khan's mother, with Khvajah Nazar, the Christian merchant, regarding the villages of Bilvirdi and Yangajah in the Bidustan region and all their attached land and water creeks, which will belong to Shahzadah Khanum in exchange for three thousand tumans. According to the note on verso, the contract was registered at the Embassy office in Tabriz and was written by Mirza Muhsin Amin Shuraka’, the chronicler, on August 11, 1854.
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Settlement of Umm Nisa’ and Jabbar with Mirza Riza, 1863
Settlement between Umm Nisa’ Khanum and Aqa Jabbar, children of the late Mashhadi ‘Abd al-Ghaffar, with Mirza Riza, son of Haji ‘Abd Allah and agent of the crown prince, over a property in the Shishgalan neighborhood, as well as part of the water share of a qanat in exchange for two hundred thirty-seven tumans and five thousand dinars
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Settlement of Umm al-Nisa’ Khanum and Aqa Jabbar, 1863
Umm al-Nisa’ Khanum and Aqa Jabbar, the children of Mashhadi ‘Abd al-Ghaffar, transfer a house and a garden, located in Shishgilan, and part of the use of water from a qanat to Mirza Riza, a courtier of the crown prince and the son of Haji ‘Abd Allah, in exchange for two hundred and thirty seven tumans and five thousand dinars.