Search
-
1Images
Dividing the inheritance of Mashhadi Muhammad ‘Ali, 1859
Dividing an inherited property/house belonging to the late Mashhadi Muhammad ‘Ali among his wife, Bibi Junubi (daughter of the late Karbalayi Ramazan Najjar [the carpenter] Barazi), and his daughters, Bibi Khanum Jan (the wife of the late Mashhadi Ghulam Riza Tufangsaz [the gunsmith], and Bibi Sakinah (the wife of Aqa Qasim).
-
1Images
Division of Haji Mirza Muhammad's inheritance, 1926
Haji Mirza Muhammad's inheritance has been divided amongst the following: his two wives, Bibi Khatun (daughter of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Ali), and Zaynab Khanum; and his children, Sakinah Sultan (wife of Aqa Sayyid Muhammad), Rubabah Khanum (wife of Aqa Mirza Muhammad), Umm Layli (wife of Aqa Husayn Ibn Hasan Ibn Riza), Aqa Muhammad Husayn, Aqa Murtiza, and Aqa Mustafa and Yahya (his underage sons). It is noted that all his wives’ shares and entitlements, including the mahr and alimony, have been taken into account.
-
1Images
Division of the late Mirza Hamd Allah's inheritance, 1888
Mirza Hamd Allah’s inheritance has been divided amongst the following: Hajiyah Gawhar Taj Khanum (his wife), Mirza ‘Alikhan (his son), Agha Baygum Khanum (his daughter and wife of Aqa Muhammad), and Shah Baygum (his daughter and wife of Mahdi).
-
2Images
Divorce settlement, 1924
Ustad Dash Khayyat [the tailor], son of deceased Haj ʻAbbas Quli, claims that Taj Mah, daughter of Karbalayi Habib Allah, is his permanent wife but she denies it. Eventually, with some people’s mediation, he agrees to divorce her. Haj Shaykh ʻAbd al-Samad, the lawyer of Ustad Dash Khayyat, and Haj Sayyid ʻAli, the lawyer of Taj Mah, on behalf of their clients have settled the divorce agreement and half of Taj Mah’s mahr has been paid.
-
1Images
Letter from Karbalayi Baqir
Letter from Karbalayi Baqir to Aqa regarding the triple divorce settlement of a woman, in his office/presence, and payment of the alimony during the waiting period under the condition that the woman stays with a Sayyidah woman who is his neighbor. The previous night he noticed that the woman was not with Sayyidah, and had claimed that she had Aqa's permission to go anywhere she wanted. He inquires about this claim and informs Aqa that if the woman were not entrusted to an honorable person, he did not wish to be responsible for her.
-
1Images
Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum
Letter from Riza al-Safavi al-Musavi al-Husayni Isfahani to Navvabah Safa’ Khanum about the hardships he and his children went through despite his hard work reciting Rawzah and writing prayers in Yazd for ten months to make money. Then, he talks about his decision to go back to his hometown as he was not able to provide for his family in the harsh cold weather, and how he has lost his wife on the way and his two sons have become ill. He asks for Navvabah Safa’ Khanum’s generosity to get support for the expenses of their trip.
-
1Images
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.
-
1Images
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.
-
1Images
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.
-
1Images
Property sale settlement amongst the late Muhammad’s children, 1917
Hasan, Mahru (the wife of the late Sha‘ban Muhammad Taqi), and Umm Kulsum Khanum (the wife of Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Fakhkhar) have sold their shares of a shop in Harnih to their brother, Husayn, for seven tumans.