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Marriage contract of Murvarid and Aqa Yahya, 1854
Marriage contract between Murvarid, daughter of Haji ʻAli and Aqa Yahya, son of Mulla Yaʻqub on 5 May 1854.
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Ketubah of Murvarid and Yahuda, 5613 [1853]
Marriage contract of Murvarid, daughter of Nisim, and Yahuda, son of Yaʻkuv [Yaʻkov] in 5613 [1853].
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Ketubah of Istir [Esther] and Yaʻkov, 5465 [1885]
Marriage contract of Istir [Esther] (Sahib Jan Khanum), daughter of Binjamin and Yaʻkuv [Yaʻkov], son of Yahuda
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Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and ʻAbd al-Karim, 1875
Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Yahya and ʻAbd al-Karim, son of Muhammad Yusuf in 1875.
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Reports from Khurasan's Biglar Baygi to the governor, 1883-85
Khurasan's Biglar Baygi reports of events in different neiborhoods and the number of deaths from the morgue, a theft by a woman and arrest of a prostitute. One of these reports has a margin written by Rukn al-Dawlah requesting a report on the spread of smallpox and the number of deaths.
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Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, 1882
Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan, the daughter of Mirza Masʻud Khan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haji Sayyid Qasim. The mahr is 800 tuman and includes: three shares of a garden in Herat worth of 300 tumans, pieces of land worth 100 tumans, a female slave for the wife, worth of 50 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 50 tumans, copper dishes worth 50 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 20 tumans, and bedding and carpets worth 100 tumans. It was agreed that for 50 years after the marriage, the wife can divorce herself if the husband leaves her for more than a year...
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Settlement of Baygum Jan Khanum with her sons, 1873
Prior to this, Baygum Jan Khanum had settled with her two sons, Haji Sayyid Muhammad and Haji Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, over her share of inheritance from her late husband, Haji Mir Kazim, and also over her share of inheritance from Haji Mir Hasan. Now, after some disputes, another settlement is made between them and the sons are required to financially support Baygum Jan Khanum as long as she lives, take her on a pilgrimage to Karbala’ and Mashhad, and pay for her funeral and burial costs. Moreover, she can take hold of her household furnishings, including bedding, carpets, kitchenware, and...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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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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