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Khanum Masha’ Allah's petition regarding her divorce, 1928
Petition written by Khanum Masha’ Allah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Baqqal [the grocer], to Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, regarding her divorce from her husband, Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Shukr Allah, and forgoing her mahr.
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Letter written by the attorney of Sayyid Husayn's wife to the lower court, 1929
Sayyid Husayn coercively divorced his wife, in the presence of Sayyid Abu al-Qasim (prayer leader of ‘Ali mosque), with the wife waiving her mahr and the condition of no return after divorce. Now after five months, when she wants to marry another man, Sayyid Husayn claims that he wants to remarry her, even though her marriage contract has been abrogated.
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Power of attorney, 1918
Power of attorney given by wife of the late Haji Muhammad Hadi to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin in order to get her daughter's divorce from Mashhadi [illegible] and to get her mahr and alimony from him; the attorney fee is forty tumans and it will be paid gradually
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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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Power of attorney for collection of holdings and divorce, 1906
Power of attorney given by Mirza Fazl Allah Nazim al-Zakirin, son of Sayyid Lutf Allah Nazim al-Zakirin, on March 18, 1906, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haji Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, in order to get his money back from his wife Malik Khanum, daughter of Abu al-Fath, and to divorce her (preserving the right of return for the husband). A note on the margin gives power of attorney to divorce Malik Khanum without the above clause.
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Summons request to the court, 1929
Letter written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin (lawyer of Khanum Masha’ Allah) to the court, requesting to summon Sayyid Husayn (son of the late Sayyid Shukr Allah and husband of Khanum Masha’ Allah's) and Sayyid Abu al-Qasim (Khanum Masha’ Allah stays at his house) in order to clarify the divorce situation of Khanum Masha’ Allah and Sayyid Husayn
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Giving the power of attorney for divorce and resolving disputes, 1911
Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin should investigate the dispute between Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife (daughter of Shaykh Muhammad Riza), and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali's sister and her husband (Haj Shaykh ‘Abd al-Husayn), over the ownership of some household furnishings. Additionally, Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin will witness the divorce of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife, and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali promises not to go back to his wife after the divorce. Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and Shaykh Muhammad Riza's seals are at the end of the document.
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Petition from Maryam Sultan to Friday prayer-leader
Petition of Maryam Sultan, wife of Mirza Muhammad Riza, to Hujjat al-Islam, the Friday prayer-leader. In it, she states that Mirza Muhammad Riza has triple-divorced her and gone to Fasa for seven months while owing her a two-hundred tuman debt and her mahr.
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Power of attorney to receive inheritance and alimony, 1913
Power of attorney given by Farkhundah Khanum, daughter of Ra’is Zulf‘ali, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of the late Haji Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, in order to receive her own and her deceased daughter's shares of the possessions of the late Masha’ Allah Baghban [gardener], ex-husband of Farkhundah Khanum, and also, in order to resolve the dispute with her current husband, ‘Ali Aqa, about her alimony and clothing expenses
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Bibi Zivar Sultan's petition, 1910
Petition by Bibi Zivar Sultan to the Friday prayer-leader of Fars against her husband, Mashhadi Chiragh ‘Ali, who has not paid her alimony; testimonies and the addressee's response are also included.