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List of possessions, 1911
List of the belongings of the writer and her sister
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Petition of Haj Ghulam Husayn about his son-in-law's debt
Haj Ghulam Husayn writes a petition to Haj Shaykh Yahya, the Friday prayer-leader of Fars, regarding what Mirza Lutf Allah owes him and his daughter, including: one thousand tumans as a dowry, eight hundred tumans as his daughter's alimony and clothing expenses, and one hundred tumans as his daughter's mahr, which remains Mirza Lutf Allah's debt.
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Petition of Haji Husayn ‘Ali about his daughter's mahr and alimony, 1915
Petition written by Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ayatollah Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husayni, about the debt of his daughter's husband to him. The debt is eighty tumans of mahr and three years of alimony, which his daughter transferred to him in another settlement. At the end, the receiver of the petition writes that Ibrahim hasn't paid his debt yet, and the wife can get divorce based on Shari‘ah (with the father acting on her behalf).
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Petition to get back possessions, 1917
Petition by Aqa Buzurg Kharraz [the shoe seller], son of Karbalayi Mahmud Kharraz, to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali, requesting to call the witnesses to testify that Aqa Buzurg's wife (daughter of Haji Mirza Baba) possessed his belongings listed in the document, which she denies. On the margin, names of the witness women are listed as: Khanum ‘Ismat (wife of Mirza Muhammad Baqir), Rubab Sultan (daughter of Muhammad Ibrahim from Shiraz), Khanum ‘Azra, and Khanum Hufi (wife of Mirza Muhammad Ja‘far Khan). Hujjat al-Islam's response is on the margin as well.
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Petition to get mahr and alimony, 1919
Draft of a petition written by the lawyer of Haji Mirza Muhammad Hasan's daughter asking for her mahr in the amount of one thousand tumans, as well as alimony and clothing expenses, from Mirza 'Abd al-Husayn Khan, before he travels out of town
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Petition to resolve a dispute, 1908
Petition by Bibi Khanum Mah, wife of ‘Ali Kulah-furush [the hat seller], to the Friday prayer leader, requesting to call her husband in order to resolve their dispute. He has not paid her any alimony since they married two years ago. On the margin, the Friday prayer leader asks ‘Ali Kulah-furush to pay him a visit.
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Power of attorney to collect alimony, 1920
Power of attorney given by Hamdam Khanum, wife of Mirza Muhammad Ja‘far Khan and daughter of the late ‘Inayat Allah Khan (resident of Ishaq Bayg neighborhood), to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah (resident of Sarbagh) in order to negotiate with her husband about her alimony and cost of clothing
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Power of attorney to collect daughter's mahr and alimony, 1912
Power of attorney given by Mashhadi Haji Mahmud, son of the late ‘Ali Riza from Shiraz, on behalf of his daughter, Khanum Hana (wife of Muhammad Husayn from Barkan), to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of the late Haj Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, in order to collect his own debt and his daughter's mahr, alimony, and clothing expenses from her husband, Muhammad Husayn
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Power of attorney to get back properties, 1912
Power of attorney given by Mirza ‘Isa Khan Munshi, son of Mashhadi ‘Abbas from Shiraz, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Muharrir [the copyist], son of Haj Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, in order to get his belongings, such as goldware and clothing, back from Mirza Muhammad Sadiq Khan Khabbaz [the baker], and to reclaim his rights in the arguments and claims with his wife, Mirza Baygum, Mirza Muhammad Sadiq's daughter. Dated August 14, 1912