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Fatimah Khanum's endowment, 1863
Endowment for parts of two qanats and a farm by Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Mulla Abu al-Qasim Shahabadi Yazdi. The document calls for the money to be spent on Hazrat ʻAli's mourning ceremony on the three holy nights in Ramadan.
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Shah Parvar Khanum's endowment, 1855
Shah Parvar Khanum, the daughter of the late Ra’is Amin from Qallat, endows some properties in the village of Qallat, after deducting the maintenance costs, for the benefit of Ta‘ziyah performers. She assigned Shaykh ‘Abd al-Nabi, the son of Shaykh Abu Turab, as the custodian of this endowment and determined the passage of the guardianship through generations: Shaykh ‘Abd al-Nabi should be followed by his male descendants and, in the absence of male offspring, by his female descendants, then again their male offspring and if not, their female offspring.
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Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi Hiravi's endowment for his wife's soul, 1887
Aqa Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi Hiravi endowed his four shares of the Saʻdabad farm in Sarjam village for taʻziyah of Imam Husayn and prayer for the soul of the mother of Mirza Masʻud Khan. After the death of the endower who will act as guardian of the endowment, the eldest male child and their male descendants shall act as the endowment's guardians. If there are no male offspring, the eldest female child and their descendants shall act as the endowment's guardians. 22 March 1887.
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Narjis Khatun's endowment, 1896
Copy of an endowment with the seal of the office of endowments in Zanjan; Narjis Khatun (known as Amirzadah Khanum), the daughter of Muzaffar al-Dawlah, has endowed the village of Almalu, the revenue from which is to be spent on ta‘ziyah, charity to the poor, and aid for pilgrims. Narjis Khatun herself will be the custodian while she is alive and will be succeeded by her male offspring, by female offspring in the absence of any male descendants, and, in the absence of any female offspring, by the most knowledgable of the learned men of Zanjan. Narjis Khatun has dedicated the merit of the...
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Haj Muhammad's endowments
The first item includes four documents attached to each other: In the first one, dated June 15, 1832, Haj Muhammad, known as Haj Aqa Buzurg Sahib, the son of Fazl Allah Sultan, endows a house and five shops to Ta‘ziyah performers, assigns his children as the guardians, and names Mirza Abu Talib (who has since passed away) as the overseer. In the next three documents, dated January 2, 1829, Haji Muhammad, known as Haji Aqa Buzurg, endows a house located in the Masjid-i Naw neighborhood to Aqa ‘Abd al-Hasani; the contract was effected by Mirza ‘Ali Ardakani and Aqa Mirza Muhammad Sadiq, Mulla...
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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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Jamilah Khanum's endowment, 1908
Jamilah Khanum, the daughter of Husaynquli Khan, has endowed a school and a mosque she had built to the south of her own house and has appointed Qamar Taj Khanum, the daughter of Riza Quli Khan Fakhim al-Dawlah as the custodian. Qamar Taj Khanum will be responsible for assigning the prayer Imam and hiring the tutors, servants, and students, whose salaries, along with the other costs of the school and the mosque, will be derived from the revenue of some properties in the village of Suharin in Zanjan Rud district. Jamilah Khanum has also designated the custodianship honorarium for Qamar Taj...
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Endowment booklet of Tajmah
This booklet includes nine endowments