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Copy of settlement between Rubabah and Fatimah Sultan, 1900
Copy of a settlement between Rubabah, daughter of Muhammad Khalil, son of Haj Muhammad from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, and her aunt, Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the merchant Muhammad Mahdi from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, who is Rubabah's mother-in-law, exchanging everything that Rubabah owns, including property, money, gold jewelry, copperware, books, furniture, clothes, and dishes for seventy-five grams of sugar candy.
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Marriage agreement of Baygum Agha and Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, 1939
Marriage agreement of Baygum Agha, daughter of Sayyid Karim son of Sayyid Habib Allah from Khuzan, and Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, son of Sayyid Hashim Furushani. The mahr includes one-twelfth of a house in Furushan village, and ninety tumans, of which twenty-six tumans and two-and-one-half riyals remain the groom's debt. The rest should be spent on gold, cotton wool, chintz, trays, and rugs. The groom's father transferred ownership of one-twelfth of the house to his son.
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Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad Karkhayran, 1937
Marriage agreement of Fatimah, daughter of Mashhadi Karim son of ʻAli from Khuzan, and Ahmad Karkhayran from Khuzan, son of Ramazan ʻAli. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred tumans, a share of a house in Shamsabad, Khuzan, fifty tumans to buy land for the bride, and ten tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for wedding expenses, the bridal gift, and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Humayun and Amir, 1928
Marriage agreement of Humayun, daughter of Karbalayi Riza son of Sadiq from Khuzan, and Amir, son of the late Haj Abu al-Hasan from Andan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, part of a house in Andan village, a share of water and a building in Andan, and seven misqals [unit of weight] of gold worth eighteen tumans. Ten tumans will additionally be paid for kitchen expenses and to buy a set of clothing.
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Marriage agreement of Munavvar and Ibrahim, 1939
Marriage agreement of Munavvar, daughter of Fath Allah, son of Muhammad Baqir from Khuzan, and Ibrahim, son of Karbalayi Husayn Mubashir from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, one-sixth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, half of an acre of land in Khuzan, and eight tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, eight tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, rugs, the bridal gift, two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding, and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi and Husayn Qasri, 1941
Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi, daughter of ʻAbd al-Karim son of Muhammad Hashim from Khuzan, and Husayn Qasri, son of the late Mustafa from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, a share of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, one hundred tumans to buy land for the bride, and twenty tumans to buy gold and earrings. The groom's maternal grandmother, Hajiyah Fatimah, will transfer the ownership of one-sixth of the house mentioned in order for the groom to make a share of it part of the mahr. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid for...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum and Murad ‘Ali, 1891
Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum, daughter of the late Aqa Taqi, and Murad ‘Ali, son of the late Kazim. The mahr includes one tuman and five thousand dinars, one-and-a-half misqals of golden jewelery, copperware, European chintz clothes, a set of bedding made in Qumshah, kilim and a felt rug, and one-sixth of the groom's residential building located in the Ustad Qasim the Carpenter neighborhood of Asfarjan village. On April 26, 1894, the wife settled her mahr and alimony with her husband for two tumans, a donkey, two mans [unit of weight] of flour, a pair of shoes, four zar‘...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.
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Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906
Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom's father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of...
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Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, 1916
Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum, daughter of Nazar ‘Ali (son of Haj Muhammad Husayn), and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, son of Muhammad Isma‘il (son of Muhammad Rahim [illegible]). The mahr is one hundred and seventy-six tumans and two thousand dinars. The groom gave sixty tumans of the mahr to the bride for buying a pair of gold earrings, some women's clothes, and some housewares including copperware, dishes, bathing towels, bedding, and [illegible]. The groom gave an additional ninety tumans of the mahr to the bride to buy a house anywhere that is considered appropriate. The rest of the mahr remains the...