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Marriage contract between Bibi Layla and Muhammad Husayn, 1927
Marriage contract between Bibi Layla, the daughter of Karbalayi Sayyid ʻAbbas (son of Karbalayi Sayyid Maʻsum from Birjand), and Muhammad Husayn, son of Mulla Zayn al-ʻAbidin, on January 24, 1927. The mahr, which is 84 tumans and will remain the bridegroom's debt, includes: two shares of half of a day's use of the water from the qanat of Hasanabad farm for 32 tumans, half of a house in Arviz village for 6 tumans, kilims and felt for carpeting one room for four tumans, four women's dresses to buy and to make for five tumans, ten mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for six...
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Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum and Mulla ʻAli, 1863
Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Bayg, and Mulla ʻAli, the son of Haj Muhammad Karbalayi, with a mahr of 85 tumans, including gold and silver, four sets of outfits, a carpet to cover a room, 18 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a camel, sheep, part of the water usage of a qanat in Sarbishah village, and pieces of land bought by Mulla Muhammad Karbalayi Safar for five tumans.
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Marriage contract of Rahimah and Mulla Muhammad Baqir, 1786
Marriage contract of Rahimah, the daughter of Haj Muhammad, and Mulla Muhammad Baqir, the son of Haj Mulla ʻAli Asghar. The mahr is 60 tumans, which includes: gold, silver, clothes, carpets, copper, cast iron, sheep, house, farms, and water use rights.
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Marriage contract of Maʻsumah and Karbalayi Hasan, 1892
Marriage contract of Maʻsumah, the daughter of Mukarram, and Karbalayi Hasan, the son of Ismaʻil. The mahr is 27 tumans: two sixths of a plum garden for ten tumans, a share of water usage of [...] for four tumans, a carpet and a woolen carpet for one tuman, a set of bedding for one tuman, 6 sheep and goats for two tumans, three mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for one tuman, two outfits made of silk and foreign textiles for two tumans, two upper and lower houses for two tumans, and five tumans in cash.
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Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum and Mirza Fulad, 1828
Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Taqi, and Mirza Fulad, the son of Mirza Khvajah Muhammad Darmiyani, with a mahr of 150 tumans, which includes: water usage, gold and jewelry, some properties, part of a shop, carpets for covering two rooms. On verso, the mother of Mirza Ghulamriza has stated that she has given her son her properties and lands.
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Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Banu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1831
Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Banu, thedaughter of Rajab ʻAli, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Mulla ʻAbd Allah from Yazd. The mahr includes: two-sixths of the shared ownership of a house, worth ten tumans, clothes worth five tumans, two Shah-mans [each of which is six kilograms] of copper worth four tumans, a carpet for covering a room, worth two tumans, a mirror worth five thousand dinars, some gold and silver, a dowry chest worth one tuman, and two thousand dinars.
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Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum and Mirza Muhammad Javad, 1847
Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Hasan, and Mirza Muhammad Javad, the son of Muhammad Taqi Shaykh al-Islam, with a mahr of 200 tumans, which includes a house and some properties plus 20 tumans cash for [buying] the essentials.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad Baqir, 1826
Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Ustad Husayn Fakhkhar from Yazd, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Hasan (son of Zu al-Fiqar Naqi) with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: 10 shares of the shared ownership of a house (the ownership of which was divided into 80 shares), an outfit worth 10 tumans, two-and-a-half Shah-mans [each is six kilograms] of copper worth five tumans, gold, and a carpet for covering a room, worth five tumans. The groom's mother contributed the gold and the house, his father contributed the carpet, and the rest remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Kuchak and Muhammad ʻAli, 1829
Marriage contract of Khanum Kuchak, the daughter of Nasir, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Ramazan ʻAli, with a mahr of: a part of an oak garden known as ʻAli ʻAbbas, 10 Shah-mans [each equals six kilograms] of copper for 18 tumans, gold, and carpets to cover a room for 10 tumans, an outfit for 30 tumans, a silver mirror, and 30 tumans for [buying] a house.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi, 1891
Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays, daughter of Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Mustawfi, and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi known as Badiʻ al-Shuʻara, son of Sadr al-Zakirin, with a mahr of 300 tumans, which includes: 60 tumans in cash paid to the bride, one of the twelve shares from a series of qanat in Nayshabur worth 150 tumans, a property worth 75 tumans, and some gold that remains the groom's debt. Gawhar, daughter of Haj Husayn Haj al-Haramayn, mother of Mulla Sulayman, signed to give permission to the transfer of the share of ʻAli Abad's farm.
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