Henna stone

Grindstone

Spinning wheel

Confirmation of Abu al-Fath Khan and Fatimah Khanum's settlement with ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, 1897

Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Riza Khan, the royal steward and son of ‘Isa Khan, states, based on a separate document, that Abu al-Fath Khan (the Brigadier) and his mother, Fatimah Khanum, have sold, on his behalf, two-sixths of the village of Kavan Rud and a garden and two-sixths of a mill in the same village to Haji ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the merchant from Ganjah, for seven thousand tumans.

Settlement between Bibi Khanum Sahib and Aqa Sayyid ‘Abd al-Riza ‘Attar, 1908

Settlement of Bibi Khanum Sahib (Sughra), the daughter of Haj Muhammad Kazim ‘Attar [the herbalist] Shirazi and the wife of Karbalayi Haj ‘Ali Shirazi, with Aqa Sayyid ‘Abd al-Riza ‘Attar, the son of Sayyid ‘Ali Akbar Shirazi, and Haj Muhammad Husayn ‘Attar, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad Ja‘far Bayg Shirazi, regarding the shares of a property, including the repair and decoration of an herbal shop at Qavam al-Mulk Bazaar, for ninety tumans. Mashhadi Asad Allah and Karbalayi Fath Allah, the sons of Karbalayi Haj ‘Ali Shirazi, have confirmed this settlement (August 4, 1908). On the margins:...

Mortar and pestle

Kitchenware

Two wooden spoons, a small stone bowl, and a large wooden bowl.

Sulayman's petition, 1919

Sulayman (the son of Haji Baba Muhammad'uf), the merchant of Russian nationality and resident of Istanbul, writes to the Russian Consulate regarding the breach of his late wife (Sughra Khanum)'s right of inheritance. The inheritance of Najaf Muhammad'uf (Sughra Khanum's father) was divided among his other children, Muhsin, Mahmud, and Sariyah Khanum, as well as Haji Javad, Sariyah Khanum's husband and the executor of her will. Sulayman states that Sughra Khanum, the eldest child of Najaf Muhammad'uf, died in Istanbul, leaving him as her lawful inheritor. He has emphasized that Najaf...

Shikar Khanum's settlement and will, 1921

Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, the daughter of the late Haji Allahyar Ganjah and the wife of Haji ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the merchant from Ganjah, makes a claim against her brother, Mulla Najaf, regarding her inheritance from her father and her mother, Bibi Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mustafa. Because all of Mulla Najaf's properties have been in a state of ruin due to the unrest in Caucasus and their value has depreciated since his death, Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, thinking of her brother's children, has settled her claims with them: Mashhadi Musayyab Aqa, Mashhadi Haji Bayg Aqa, and Muhammad Hasan...

Documents of Khavar Khanum and Ahmad Bayg, 1908 to 1913

Sale document between Ahmad Bayg from Mihrban and resident of Bakhshayish and Haji Mirza Haji Aqa for parts of Turkampur village in the district of Mihran Rud and some copper in exchange for six hundred and five tumans and seven thousand and four hundred dinars, with a monthly settlement fee of one tuman and one thousand and four hundred dinars. His wife has confirmed this settlement (June 1, 1908); Khavar Khanum gives the power of attorney to her husband Ahmad Bayg for the sale of parts of the village of Turkampur (October 12, 1909); Ahmad Bayg sells this property to Muhammad Riza Aqa the...