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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.
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Claim to collect money and dowry, 1922
A claim from Shaykh ‘Ayn Allah with power of attorney from Bibi ‘Adilah Khanum (daughter of the late Murtaza Khan and wife of the late Mirza Abu al-Qasim Qavvam al-Hukama’), made against Haji Shaykh ‘Abd al-Husayn Hisam al-‘Ulama’, who has the power of attorney from Mirza Yusuf Khan Mustawfi (son of the late Mirza Mustafa), in order to collect Bibi ‘Adilah Khanum’s dowry, paternal inheritance, property transferred to her by her late husband, as well as two hundred tumans for her mahr from Mirza Yusuf Khan; along with the lawyer’s response to the claim
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Court resolution on a couple's dispute, 1910
Court order to resolve alimony disputes and other marital issues between Karbalayi Chiragh 'Ali Nahhas (copper dealer), son of the late Karbalayi Muhammad Kazim from Shiraz, and his wife, Zivar Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Yusuf Pilah-var (silk dealer) from Shiraz
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List of expenses of Sarkar ‘Illiyah Khanum, 1914
List of expenses of Sarkar ‘Illiyah Khanum, mother of Nasr al-Shari‘ah, including two sets of worsted broadcloth clothing, thirty-six buttons, some white flakes for clothing edges, some jaconet fabric, and the wage of sewing two sets of clothes for Khanum Nayyir al-Shari‘ah
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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 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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Power of attorney to get mahr and alimony, 1914
Power of attorney given by Bibi Shawkat Sultan, daughter of Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the junk seller] and permanent wife of Ibrahim Bazzaz [the draper], to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, known as Saham al-Shari‘ah, in order to get her alimony, cost of clothing, and mahr from her husband, Ibrahim, and his mother
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Power of attorney, 1919
Khanum Zaman gives the power of attorney to Nusrat al-Atibba’ [her father] in order to hire a lawyer to resolve the dispute with Mahdi Quli Khan (Khanum Zaman's husband), to receive Khanum Zaman's mahr and alimony, and to divorce her from him. On the margin, Nusrat al-Atibba’ gives the power of attorney to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin.