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Settlement of Khanum Bibi's properties, 1847
The document reads, in part: In 1845 or 1846, Aqa Mahdi, son of Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi, died and left one son and two daughters behind. After a while, his two [daughters] also died. The properties of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar that had been given to his son, Aqa Mahdi, were transferred to his children and after that were transferred to their mother, Khanum Bibi, daughter of Aqa Asad Allah. When the ʻiddah period was over, Khanum Bibi married Sayyid Muhammad, brother of the deceased Aqa Mahdi. Then she settled whatever property she had to her current husband, Aqa Sayyid Muhammad, for fifteen tumans....
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Power of attorney, 1855
The document reads, in part: Aqa Ghulamriza (son of Aqa ʻAli ʻAskar) and his children, Haji Husayn, Muhammad Riza, and Umm Kulsum, have appointed Aqa Muhammad Hasan (son of Aqa Husayn) as their attorney to reclaim their shares of the inherited properties of the deceased Bibi Khanum (daughter of Aqa Muhammad Riza son of Haji ʻAzim) and Aqa Ghulamriza's wife and mother of the mentioned children. Bibi Khanum had inherited these properties from her father, Aqa Muhammad Riza. The attorney has to reclaim the house, the workplace, the shops, the Khvajah Ashrafi Garden, the garden in Turanj...
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Affidavit, 1802
The document reads, in part: "It is stated that Gul Bibi, the wife of Sayyid Jaʻfar, was previously the wife of the deceased Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar. The deceased Mirza Abu al-Hasan had previously calculated the value of Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar's belongings and realized that all the properties were equal to Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar's wife's mahr and, based on shariʻah law, he had given them all to her. The affiants should write their names and seal this document so that it becomes valid. December 1802 or January 1803." On the margin, Jahan Banu and Hasan have testified as affiants."
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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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Settlement of properties inherited from Zaynab Bibi, 1858
After the death of Zaynab Bibi (the daughter of ʻAbd al-Rasul and wife of Aqa Mirza known as Aqa ʻAbd al-Saniʻ), all of her belongings and properties were transferred to her husband because she had no children with him. He owned them for a while, after which he settled his ownership rights to these properties to Sayyid Muhammad, the son of Sayyid Jaʻfar, for 12 tumans. February 28, 1858.
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Settlement of Layli with Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, 1920
Settlement between Layli, the daughter of Muhammad Vali Bayg, and Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, in which she settles all of her belongings--clothes, dishes, cash and bonds, properties, and household furnishings--for some salt and pennies in order for Mirza Muhammad ʻAli to spend 11 tumans for taʻziyah and 10 tumans for prayers [to be said for her] after her death. After payment of the religious tithe, he should spend the rest on taʻziyah for Imam Husayn.
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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 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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Marriage contract of the oldest daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli, and Salar ʻAli, 1903
Marriage contract of the oldest daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli [son of] Ustad Ibrahim and Salar ʻAli, the son of Nazar ʻAli, with a mahr of: some pieces of land, 20 tumans for buying a house, five mans of copper worth four tumans, four tumans' worth of clothes to be bought, 10 mans of carpets worth five tumans, a set of bedding worth two tumans and 5000 [dinars], and two tumans and 5000 [dinars] in cash. The mentioned land were rented by Karbalayi Muhammad and Qanbar ʻAli, brothers of the groom. On verso, the name of bride's father is written as Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli Chah Ju
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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.