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Marriage contract between Farkhundah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, 1919
Marriage contract between Farkhundah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, dated December 11, 1919. The mahr is 81 tumans, of which 1 tuman is the price of a Qurʼan, 30 tumans were received by the bride, and 51 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
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Marriage contract between Sakinah Sultan Khanum and ʻAli Aqa Bayg, 1867
Marriage contract between Sakinah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAbd Allah Bayg Afshar Qazvini, and ʻAli Aqa Bayg, the son of Husayn ʻAli Bayg Qarabaghi, dated July 13, 1867. The mahr is 260 tumans, of which the bride received 80 tumans and 180 tumans were charged to bridegroom. Of this 180 tumans, the value of 40 tumans was represented by the price of a female slave and 10 tumans were the price of a Qurʼan.
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Marriage contract between Nusrat Baygum and Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahhab, 1913
Marriage contract between Nusrat Baygum, the daughter of Mulla Akbar, and Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahhab, the son of Mulla Baqir, dated November 12, 1913. The mahr is 700 tumans, of which the bride received 400 tumans, one hundred tumans were charged to the bridegroom, and the rest was a property in Shadabakht farm.
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Marriage contract between ʻAzra Khanum and Sayyid ʻAli, 1908
Marriage contract between ʻAzra Khanum and Sayyid ʻAli, the son of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir, dated September 21, 1908. The mahr includes a Qurʼan, 100 tumans, some raw green silk, 3 kilograms of dry starch, and some gold.
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Marriage contract between Kubra Khanum and Taqi Khan, 1925
Marriage contract between Kubra Khanum, the daughter of Hamzah ʻAli Bayg, and Taqi Khan (who works in municipality), the son of Yusuf Khan Tabrizi, dated May 2, 1925. The mahr is 130 tumans, of which the bride received 50 tumans and the Qurʼan and 80 tumans were charged to the bridegroom, a Qurʼan worth 5 tumans, a mirror, and a crystal base.
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Umm Salmah's endowment, 1794
Endowment for a garden, known as Bagh Zangi, in Abarqu village, near Yazd, and three sixths of a house and its possessions, by Umm Salmah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad ʻAli Mirza Khan Yazdi. After the property was rented out, the caretaker was to spend three tumans buying bread and raisins for the poor on the Ghadir feast, another three tumans on giving bread, dates, and raisins to the poor during fast-breaking in the month of Ramadan. Five thousand dinars were set aside in case a stranger were to die without anyone to bury them or supply the shroud. The document also dictates that...
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Marriage contract between Taj Khanum and Mirza Yahya Khan Damavandi, 1912
Marriage contract between Taj Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Hasan Khan Tihrani, and Mirza Yahya Khan Damavandi, the son of Haji Mirza Yahya, dated May 1, 1912. The mahr is 500 tumans, including a Qurʼan worth 10 tumans. The document notes that the bride received 150 tumans.
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Marriage contract between Bibi Zahra Sultan Khanum and Sayyid Hasan, 1921
Marriage contract between Bibi Zahra Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Haj Mirza Habib, and Sayyid Hasan, the son of Haji Sayyid Husayn, dated November 19, 1921. The mahr includes parts of a property and some land in Ashkazar, a carpet, some clothing, a mirror, copper containers, a chest, a chador, and some red gold. The items listed in the mahr were valued at 100 tumans.
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Marriage contract between Rubabah Khanum and Aqa Ghulam ʻAli, 1914
Marriage contract between Rubabah Khanum, the daughter of Husayn Aqa, and Aqa Ghulam ʻAli, the son of Muhammad Aqa, dated June 14, 1914. The mahr includes parts of some properties and land, some clothing, and some textiles.
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Marriage contract between Sadiqah Khanum and Mirza Aqa Khvurshidabadi Zarandi, 1920
Marriage contract between Sadiqah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Mahmud Shirazi, and Mirza Aqa Khvurshidabadi Zarandi, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad, dated July 16, 1920. The mahr is 50 tumans, of which the bride received 20 tumans and 30 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
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