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Marriage contract, 1915
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Marriage contract of Hajiyah Banu and Husayn Lakmah Sari, 1921
Marriage contract of Hajiyah Banu, daughter of Qurban‘ali Ishka’i, and Husayn from Lakmah Sar, son of Mashhadi Safar‘ali. The mahr is twenty-two tumans and five qirans, to be spent on clothes, two gold coins, a gold ring, and the rest remains [the groom's debt].
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Marriage contract of Zaynab Khatun and Ramazan ‘Ali, 1919
Marriage contract of Zaynab Khatun, daughter of the late Fath Allah Khujastah, resident of Dumchal, and Ramazan ‘Ali, son of Karbalayi Rajab ‘Ali from Dumchal. The mahr is eight tumans and one thousand five hundred dinars for some women's clothes.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Fatimah Sultan and Karbalayi Asad Allah, 1915
Marriage contract of Bibi Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad, and Karbalayi Asad Allah, son of Karbalayi Isma‘il. The mahr includes thirty tumans and three misqals of gold, which remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan and Ustad Muhammad Naqi, 1912
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan, daughter of ‘Ali Muhammad the felt-maker, and Ustad Muhammad Naqi [or Muhammad Taqi] the hat-maker, son of Ustad Husayn the hat-maker. The mahr is twenty-six tumans and fifty shahis, which includes two hundred and sixty-two riyals, one Qurʼan worth one tuman, and two misqals [unit of weight] of goldware.
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Marriage contract of Zulaykha Khanum and Muhammad Sadiq, 1923
Marriage contract of Zulaykha Khanum, daughter of Haj Muhammad Ibrahim son of Muhsin, and Muhammad Sadiq, son of Ustad Rajab ‘Ali [illegible]. The mahr includes: seventy-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, of which the bride and the groom have agreed fifty tumans will be given to the bride to buy women's clothes, copperware, [illegible], rug, gold earrings, and cloth. The rest remains the groom's debt. The mahr also includes one-and-a-half misqals [unit of weight] of gold and one-sixth of a house that the groom's brothers transferred to him.
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Marriage contract of Mah Sultan Khanum and Aqa ‘Ali, 1908
Marriage contract of Mah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Ibrahim (son of the late Muhammad Muhsin), and Aqa ‘Ali [illegible], son of Mashhadi Qasim (son of Mukhtar [illegible]). The mahr is seventy-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars. The couple agreed that fifty tumans of the mahr, to be spent on women's clothes, copperware, cloths and [illegible], rugs, and house furniture, would be paid to the bride on the night of the wedding. The rest of the mahr remains the groom's debt. The groom's father also transferred ownership of one-sixth of a residential building and one man...
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Marriage contract of Javir Sultan and ʻAbd al-Ghafur, 1924
Marriage contract of Javir Sultan, daughter of the late ʻAbd al-Ghaffar from Khuzan, and ʻAbd al-Ghafur, son of Karbalayi Muhammad Darajah. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a house, ten tumans to buy land, five tumans for wedding expenses and two sets of women's clothes. The groom's mother, Qamar Sultan, settled the mentioned share of the house with her son for [illegible], at which point it became part of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, 1923
Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan, daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, son of Muhammad Hasan, and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, son of Muhammad ‘Ali. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans as an initial gift, twenty-five tumans for women's clothing, twenty-five tumans for rugs, twenty-five tumans for gold, some properties, and a share of water use. The groom settled the properties and the share of water use with the bride for fourteen riyals of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Maryam Baygum and ʻAli Muhammad, 1921
Marriage contract of Maryam Baygum, daughter of Muhammad Taqi Bazzaz [the textile seller], and ʻAli Muhammad, son of ʻAbd al-Karim from Habibabad. The mahr is twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars. The bride settled with the groom, exchanging two thousand five hundred dinars of her mahr for some land and properties in Habibabad village.