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Marriage contract of Haji Maryam Baygum and Haj Sadiq, 1862
Marriage contract of Haji Maryam Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Ismaʻil, and Haj Sadiq, the son of Aqa ʻAbd Allah from Kirman. The mahr is twenty two tumans and five thousand dinars. The bride has the following conditions: her husband should take her to Mashhad and pay the costs and it is also his duty to pay for her burial in Mashhad.
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Questions and answers
Three questions asked of Imami [Shi‘i] clerics: 1- whether couples who remarry each other within one month of the divorce need another contract; 2- whether the eldest son inherits the father's belongings (Qur’an, swords, and rings); 3- whether a woman who is found to be pregnant one or two months after her divorce is entitled to alimony during the pregnancy. Answers: there is no need for a second contract if the remarriage happens before the end of ‘iddah; 2- If the set of objects are the personal property of the father they will go to the eldest son, but if they were obtained for...