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Marriage agreement of Rubabah Khusravi and Hasan Tavakkuli, 1938
Marriage agreement of Rubabah Khusravi from Khuzan, daughter of Mashhadi Rahim, and Hasan Tavakkuli from Khuzan, son of the late Muhammad son of ʻAli Baqir. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half qirans, one-fourth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, eight acres of land in Khuzan, three misqals [unit of weight] of gold for earrings, two sets of proper women clothes, and two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding.
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Marriage agreement of Ruqiyah Nazari and Mahmud Nazari, 1938
Marriage agreement of Ruqiyah Nazari, daughter of the late Karbalayi Jaʻfar from Khuzan village, and Mahmud Nazari, son of the late ʻAbbas son of ʻAmu Nazar from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, forty tumans to buy a house and sixty tumans to buy some land for the bride, and sixteen tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for wedding expenses, rugs, two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool, and two sets of proper women's clothes for the bride.
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Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi and Muhammad, 1940
Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi, daughter of Karim son of Lutfʻali from Khuzan, and Muhammad, son of ʻAbbas ʻAli resident of Huristan village. The mahr is twenty-six tumans, a share of a house in Huristan, forty tumans to buy land for the bride, ten tumans to buy gold and earrings, and one-and-a-half mans of copperware. Additionally, six tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, the bridal gift, a set of proper women's clothes, and one-and-a-half mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding.
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Marriage agreement of Sakinah Raja’i and Ghulamriza, 1939
Marriage agreement of Sakinah Raja’i from Khuzan, daughter of Mand ʻAli son of Haj ʻIshqʻali, and Ghulamriza, son of Mukhtar from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, five-twelfths of a house located in the Fath-abad neighborhood of Khuzan, one acre of land, and fifteen tumans to buy gold. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, the bridal gift, two sets of proper women's clothes, and two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum and Murad, 1867 and 1879
Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum, daughter of Ustad Qasim, and Murad, son of Kazim. The mahr was one tuman and five thousand dinars to buy one misqal [unit of weight] of gold, copperware, new clothes, bedding, kilim and felt, and some properties. On December 11, 1879, Kuchak Jan Khanum settled all of her mahr with her husband for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce. It was agreed that if the husband wanted to return, he had to add an extra ten tumans to the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843
Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Muhammad from Karvan village, and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Tihrani Karvan. The mahr is three hundred tumans. The groom settled the following items in exchange for two hundred and sixty tumans of the mahr: a portion of land and part of a garden/orchard in Hurmanan village, part of a garden/orchard in Divun Farm, some qanats and part of a residential house in Hurmanan village, and a house, along with its stable and garden. The groom also promised if the marriage lasted and the bride obeyed him, he would buy the following items...
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan Khanum Saffar Harandi and Ustad ‘Abbas Saffar Harandi, 1891
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ustad Muhammad Husayn Saffar Harandi, and Ustad ‘Abbas, son of Ustad Isma‘il Saffar Harandi. The mahr includes three tumans and three thousand dinars. The groom settled with the bride, exchanging three thousand dinars of the mahr and one hundred units of the preceding measure of wheat for twenty misqals [unit of weight] of gold, twenty mans [unit of weight] of copperware, two sets of silk women's clothes, one set of qalamkar women's clothes, one set of qalamkar bedding and one set of chintz bedding from Burujird, a rug, leaning...
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan and Muhammad Karim, 1885
Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan, daughter of Haydar ‘Ali (son of Muhammad ‘Ali), and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad Isma‘il [illegible]. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and three thousand three hundred fifty dinars, part of a property in [illegible] region of the Zaj Abad neighborhood, thirty tumans to buy property, fifteen tumans for women's clothes, ten tumans for a set of rugs, four tumans for a set of bedding, five tumans for a pair of earrings, three tumans as a bridal gift, and two mans [unit of weight] of copperware. The groom and his father settled on all of the items listed...
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Marriage contract of Shamsi Baygum and Muhammad Sadiq Darban, 1870
Marriage contract of Shamsi Baygum, daughter of Haj Sayyid Ahmad Khayyat [tailor] Darban, and Muhammad Sadiq Darban [illegible], son of Mulla Muhammad Husayn Kashani. The mahr includes twelve tumans, twelve misqals of rose gold worth twelve tumans, twelve mans of copperware worth twelve tumans, sets of rugs and bedding worth twelve tumans, and fifteen tumans for the purchase of a residential house. The marriage contract also includes the following conditions: in the first fifty years of the marriage, if the husband travels for two whole years without paying alimony to the wife, she can...
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Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum and ʻAli, 1885
Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad from Fushazdah, and ʻAli, the oldest son of Ramazan from Dumchal. The mahr includes fifty-one tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, some women's clothes and accessories, and some gold.