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Letter and list of expenses, 1918
Addressed to ‘Ali Asghar; includes greetings and expresses how happy the writer was to receive the letter from ‘Ali Asghar and beloved ones; talks about Husayn’s property and other issues; sends greetings to the uncle and his wife, Abu al-Qasim, Aqa Masih, Khanum Kuchik, Zahra Sultan, and others; on the back: the list of Mirza Muhammad Taqi's expenses for one month.
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Letter and marriage contract, 1898
The author talks about Muhammad Hasan’s insistence on getting married and having no other option, he had suggest to Muhammad Hasan to marry Sultan Khanum, daughter of the late Husayn ‘Ali, who was ten years old. On the back, there is a temporary marriage contract for ten years between Sultan Khanum, daughter of the late Husayn ‘Ali, and Mulla Muhammad Hasan, son of Mulla Asad Allah. The mahr is two tumans.
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List of Ustad Hasan's belongings, 1918
List of Ustad Hasan's belongings, including money, household furnishings, and his work tools.
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List of wedding expenditures, 1919
List of five months’ worth of wedding expenditures including five tumans for the grocery and other necessary items. On the back of the page, there is a list of debt and expenses in 1918, such as the cost of his mother's funeral.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Murvarid Baygum and Mirza Muhammad Hashim, 1901
Marriage contract of Bibi Murvarid Baygum, daughter of the deceased Sayyid Husayn (son of the deceased Aqa Sayyid ʻAli Akbar), and Mirza Muhammad Hashim, son of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn (from Mahmudabad). The groom's father has guaranteed the mahr on behalf of his son.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Zahra Khanum and Mashhadi Mahdi, 1898
Marriage contract of Bibi Zahra Khanum, daughter of Mulla Salih (from Astanah and the resident of Rasht), and Mashhadi Mahdi Qadir, son of Mashhadi Hasan Qadir (the resident of Rasht). The mahr is fifty-one tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum and Mulla Hadi, 1908
Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Mulla Hasan, and Mulla Hadi, son of Karbalayi Ghulam. The sidaq is thirty-seven tumans, of which Mulla Hadi paid the mahr with items worth thirty-seven tumans.
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Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum and Aqa ‘Abbas, 1926
Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum, daughter of Karbalayi Ja‘far, and Aqa ‘Abbas Qassab [the butcher] (son of Ustad ‘Ali Khayyat [the tailor] from Tehran). The mahr is eighty tumans, of which thirty tumans has been paid and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Power of attorney from Fatimah Baygum and ‘Ali Akbar to Haj Muhammad Hasan, 1863
Fatimah Baygum and her brother Aqa ‘Ali Akbar, children of Aqa Muhammad Husayn Karbalayi from Sar Chanah, give the power of attorney to their cousin, Haj Muhammad Hasan, regarding the inheritance from their brother, Aqa Zayn al-‘Abidin, who died in Nahavand on his way to the shrines in Iraq. They are asking for the remaining two-thirds of Aqa Zayn al-‘Abidin’s assets, after one-third of it is spent on the funeral. They also mention that if something happens to Haj Muhammad Hasan, he can assign another attorney to do the work.
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Power of attorney from ‘Ismat Khanum to Aqa Husayn Khan, 1930
‘Ismat Khanum, daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali from Vidja, gives power of attorney to Aqa Husayn Khan, to claim her mahr and alimony from her husband, ‘Abbas‘ali from Vidja, within three months.
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