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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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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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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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Farkhundah Khanum's birth certificate
Daughter of Hajiyah Khanum and Haj Muhammad Husayn; born in Shiraz; children: Muhammad Riza, Durna, Furuzandah, Parvanah, Shahla, Nasrin, and Jaleh.
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Muhammad Husayn Arvand's birth certificate
Son of Khanum Nazi and Haji Muhammad Taqi; birth:1904 or 1905, Bushihr; children: Durna, Muhammad Riza, Furuzandah; death: June 1, 1989
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Batul Fariyan's birth certificate
Daughter of Bibi Balqays and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali; birth: 1898 or 1899, Shiraz; death: May 11, 1985; note: last name has changed from Fazl Sultan to Fariyan.