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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1905
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, the daughter of Mulla Muhammad ʻArab, and Karbalayi Muhammad, the son of Mir ʻAbd Allah Arab, with a mahr of 30 tumans, which remains the groom's debt.
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Karbalayi Sakinah's stipend, 1896
Mirza Muhammad the treasurer received 10 mans [each man is three kilograms] of barley to give to Karbalayi Sakinah ʻAli Akbar
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Stipend of Aqa Mulla Hasan's wife, 1896
Mirza Muhammad the treasurer received 2000 dinars, 10 shahis, and five mans [each man is three kilograms] of bread, which he gave to the wife of Aqa Mulla Hasan.
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Letter, 1903
The letter is about Qaysar Khan, an Afghan with British citizenship, who the writer claims has financial conflicts with some locals, such as Muhammad Husayn. ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas has agreed to give his daughter to Qaysar Khan in marriage. He gave eighty tumans and some clothes to ʻAli Karbalayi ʻAbbas and his daughter, and has lived with [Ustad ʻAli's] daughter in his house for a month. The writer pleads with the receipient of the letter, claiming that action must be taken to punish Ustad ʻAli, who had gone to his house [in order to make the marriage legal], and he had told him that the...
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Fatimah's stipend, 1896
Mirza Muhammad the treasurer received 2000 dinars in cash and 10 mans [each man is three kilograms] of bread, which was given to [me] Fatimah.
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Stipend of the Russian woman and her children, 1900-1901
This stipend is for the months of Rajab, Sha‘ban, and Ramazan in 1900-1901 and, reads, in part: "Received by Nasir al-Tawliyah and given to the Jadid al-Islam [recently converted to Islam] Russian woman and her children for the month of Rajab 1318 AH [25 October to 23 November 1900]; 2000 dinars in cash and 30 mans [each man is three kilograms] of bread." "Received by Nasir al-Tawliyah and given to the Jadid al-Islam [recently converted to Islam] Russian woman and her children for the month of Shaʻban 1318 AH [24 November to 22 December 1900]; 2000 dinars in cash and 30 mans [each man is...
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Divorce settlement of Kanz and Rajabʻali Bayg, 1901
Rajabʻali Bayg, the son of Ghulamhusayn Bayg, divorces his wife, Kanz, the daughter of Ustad Khudadlu, and he gives half of the inherited house of his father, a share of a spring known as Rajabʻali spring, and 10 rials to the wife. It is mentioned that if the husband wants to marry her again, he should first pay her the entire mahr.
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Marriage contract of Qamar and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, 1904
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Karbalayi Zayn al-ʻAbidin Turk, and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, son of Islamʻali Turk from Badkubah [Baku], with a mahr of 150 tumans. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife so that for fifty years after the date of their marriage, if the husband goes travelling for more than two years in a row or leaves the house and does not pay the monthly alimony of one tuman and five thousand [dinars] to his wife, the wife can get a divorce after forgiving half of her mahr.
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Ustad Yusuf Muhammad ʻAli and Haj Muhammad, 1897
Marriage contract of the youngest daughter of Ustad Yusuf Muhammad ʻAli [whose name is not recorded] and Haj Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi ʻAli Mulla Muhammad Ustad ʻAli. The mahr includes: some pieces of land, two sixths of a house to be bought later for ten tumans, three outfits to be bought for four tumans, five mans of copper worth five tumans, carpets, kilims, and felt for five tumans.
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Marriage contract between the daughter of Karbalayi ʻAbidin and Mulla ʻAli, 1900
Marriage contract between the daughter of Karbalayi ʻAbidin [her name is not mentioned] [son of] Ustad Rajabʻali and Mulla ʻAli, the son of Ustad ʻAbd Allah [son of] Ustad ʻAli Asghar, on January 19, 1900. The mahr includes some pieces of land, copper, carpets, clothings, a set of bedding, and a house to be purchased later.