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Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum and Muhammad Husayn, 1926
Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum [Namazi], the daughter of Haj Muhammad Husayn [Namazi] the merchant, and Aqa Muhammad Husayn [Arvand] the merchant, the son of Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Bushihr. The mahr is thirty tumans for a Qur’an, one thousand tumans including five hundred tumans cash and one hundred twenty tumans for fifteen misqal of pearl, one man [unit of weight] of raw green silk from Rasht, twenty mans of salt, and three-sixths of a house, which remains the groom's debt.
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Settlement between Mah Sultan and Aqa Mirza Kuchak, 1928
Hajiyah Bibi [Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum Mah Sultan], the wife of the late Haj ‘Abd al-Husayn Sahib Amin al-Tujjar, has transferred all of her belongings to Aqa Mirza Kuchak, the son of her daughter, a descendent of the late Muhammad Sahib Amin al-Tujjar, in exchange for one-fourth of a rupee, with two conditions: first, that Hajiyah Bibi retains the right to spend these belongings for the next twenty lunar years; second, that after Hajiyah Bibi's death, Aqa Mirza Kuchak spend five hundred rupees for her funeral and charity in addition to hiring someone to fast and pray on her behalf.
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‘Abd al-Karim's will, 1895
The will of ‘Abd al-Karim Sahib Dihdashti, the merchant from Shiraz and son of Muhammad Ibrahim Dihdashti the merchant. He has appointed the following four people as the executors of his will and as the guardians for his underage children: Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali (son of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin Shirazi the merchant), his [‘Abd al-Karim's] wife (daughter of Mirza Muhammad Riza Dihdashti the merchant), Haj Sayyid Isma‘il Shabankarah the merchant (son of Sayyid ‘Ali Shabankarah and resident of Bushihr), and Haj Ghulam ‘Ali Bihbahani the merchant (son of Mashhadi Riza the merchant). ‘Abd al-Karim has...
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Marriage contract of Bibi Batul and Mirza ‘Ali, 1913
Marriage contract of Bibi Batul Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali Dihdashti the merchant, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali, the son of Aqa Mirza Muhammad Amin al-Tujjar. The mahr is a Qur’an worth one hundred tumans, four thousand tumans, ten misqals of pearl worth three hundred and fifty tumans, fifty misqals of gold, two mans [unit of weight] of green silk, three mans of wheat, and ten mans salt. All remains the groom’s debt.
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Death certificate of Farkhundah Arvand
Copy of Farkhundah Arvand's death certificate, with Persian translation; cause of death: cardiac arrest, breast cancer, low white blood cell count; date of death: October 27th, 1951.
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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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Marriage contract of Khadijah Khanum and Haji Muhammad ‘Ali, 1847
Marriage contract of Khadijah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin, and Haji Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Haji Muhammad Namazi from Shiraz. The mahr includes two hundred tumans.
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Marriage contract of Tuba Khanum and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, 1927
Marriage contract of Tuba Khanum, the daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali, and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Aqa Muhammad Husayn Isfahani the merchant. The mahr is a Qur’an (worth fourteen tumans) and one thousand and five hundred tumans cash.
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Mah Sultan's will, 1903
Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, known as Mah Sultan, the daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Abd al-Muttalib, has appointed Aqa Mirza Muhammad Sahib Amin al-Tujjar, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Husayn Amin al-Tujjar from Shiraz, as the executor of her will regarding her inherited property from her late husband, Haj ‘Abd al-Husayn, as her mahr and as half of her one-eighth share. Khayr al-Nisa’ has left all her belongings to her daughter, Fatimah Baygum known as Bibi Kuchak, for which she is responsible for the cost of forty years of prayers and fast on behalf of her mother.
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Settlement of Haji Muhammad Ibrahim and Bibi Balqays Khanum, 1915
Haji Muhammad Ibrahim, son of Haji Muhammad ‘Ali Namazi the merchant, settles a house with Bibi Balqays.
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