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Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum and ʻAli, 1885
Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad from Fushazdah, and ʻAli, the oldest son of Ramazan from Dumchal. The mahr includes fifty-one tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, some women's clothes and accessories, and some gold.
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Marriage agreement of Sakinah Khani and Fath Allah Khani, 1889
Marriage agreement of Sakinah Khani from Khuzan, daughter of ʻAbbas son of ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, and Fath Allah Khani from Khuzan, son of the late Muhammad Riza. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a house located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, some land, and fifteen tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid for the bridal gift and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad, 1883
Marriage agreement of Fatimah, daughter of Ibrahim son of Sadiq from Khuzan, and Ahmad, son of Karbalayi Haydar son of Sadiq from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, a share of water in Andan village, land in Andan village, and ten tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for the bridal gift and two sets of proper women's clothes. The groom's father settled the share of the house mentioned, and the groom's mother, Husni Jan, settled the shares of water...
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan and Muhammad Karim, 1885
Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan, daughter of Haydar ‘Ali (son of Muhammad ‘Ali), and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad Isma‘il [illegible]. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and three thousand three hundred fifty dinars, part of a property in [illegible] region of the Zaj Abad neighborhood, thirty tumans to buy property, fifteen tumans for women's clothes, ten tumans for a set of rugs, four tumans for a set of bedding, five tumans for a pair of earrings, three tumans as a bridal gift, and two mans [unit of weight] of copperware. The groom and his father settled on all of the items listed...
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Marriage contract and divorce settlement, 1884 and 1888
One side is the marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn son of Sayyid Nasr Allah, and Muhammad Isma‘il, son of the late Muhammad Riza Da’i. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which the groom paid thirty tumans in women's clothing, rugs, gold, and copper worth five tumans. The other thirty tumans remain the groom's debt. The other side is the divorce settlement of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn from Gazirgah, and Ismaʻil, son of the late Riza Mushki-baf from Gazirgah. Baygum Jan settled her mahr, alimony, and clothing for twenty-five dirams [dirhams] and two copper coins...
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Marriage agreement of Hishmat and Barat ʻAli, 1883
Marriage agreement of Hishmat, daughter of Mirza son of Sayyid Ibrahim, and Barat ʻAli, son of Mashhadi Sulayman from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, sixty tumans to buy a house for the bride, eighty tumans to buy land for the bride, and seventeen tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid for the bridal gift and to buy rugs and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Sadiqah and Sayyid Mahmud Mirshafiʻi, 1891
Marriage agreement of Sadiqah, daughter of Mirza Aqa Mirshafiʻi from Khuzan, and Sayyid Mahmud Mirshafiʻi, son of Mirza ʻAbd Al-Rahim from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-sixth of a house located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, one half-acre of land in Shamsabad, fifty tumans to buy a property, and thirty tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, twenty tumans will be paid for the wedding expenses, rugs, and clothes. Later, one-twelfth of the house included in the mahr was changed to two-fifteenths of shares in ʻAli...
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Marriage contract of Tuti Khanum and Bakhsh‘ali, 1895
Marriage contract of Tuti Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Husayn Kufayi from Rudbunah, and Bakhsh‘ali, son of Mashhadi Husayn from Rudbunah. The mahr is seventy-nine tumans and seven thousand five hundred dinars, clothes, jewelry, gold and copper, and [illegible] bridal gift. Tuti Khanum settled part of her mahr with her husband, and the rest remains the husband's debt.
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Three settlements of Haj Habib Allah, 1882, 1883, and 1884
The first document, dated 1882, is a copy of the settlement between Haj Habib Allah, son of the late Haj Mirza ʻAbd Allah, and his sister, Mahi Khanum, transferring the ownership of Mahi Khanum's belongings, including silverware, furniture and goods, land and housing, clothes and fabric, etc. in exchange for a pair of gold bracelets, a knife, and fourteen shahis. The second settlement, dated 1883, is between Haj Habib Allah and his two underaged sons, Muhammad Husayn and Murtaza Quli, transferring the ownership of what he inherited from his sister, Mahi Khanum, in exchange for a knife and...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum and Murad, 1867 and 1879
Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum, daughter of Ustad Qasim, and Murad, son of Kazim. The mahr was one tuman and five thousand dinars to buy one misqal [unit of weight] of gold, copperware, new clothes, bedding, kilim and felt, and some properties. On December 11, 1879, Kuchak Jan Khanum settled all of her mahr with her husband for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce. It was agreed that if the husband wanted to return, he had to add an extra ten tumans to the mahr.