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Marriage contract of Sadiqah Najmabadi and Ahmad Najmabadi, 1924
Marriage contract between Sadiqah Najmabadi, the daughter of Shaykh Mahdi Najmabadi, and Ahmad Najmabadi, the son of Shaykh Murtaza Najmabadi. The mahr is five hundred tumans and a Qurʼan (worth ten tumans), of which the bride received two hundred and fifty tumans. The other two hundred and fifty tumans and Qurʼan remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Rubabah Najmabadi and ‘Ali Akbar Najmabadi, 1924
Marriage contract between Rubabah Najmabadi, the daughter of Shaykh Mahdi Najmabadi, and Mirza ‘Ali Akbar Najmabadi, the son of Shaykh Murtaza Najmabadi. The mahr is five hundred tumans and a Qurʼan (worth ten tumans), of which the bride received two hunderd and fifty tuman, with the other two hundred and fifty tumans and Qurʼan remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Gawhar al-Saltanah and Fath‘ali Vaziri, 1918
Marriage contract of Narjis Khanum, known as Gawhar al-Saltanah, the daughter of Shahzadah Mubashshir al-Sultan, and Sultan Fath‘ali Khan [Vaziri], the son of [Bibi Khanum Astarabadi and] Musa Khan Mirpanjah [Vaziri]. The mahr is 750 tumans, a Qurʼan (worth 10 tumans), a mirror, and two lamps. Of this, the bride received 250 tumans, the mirror, and the lamps, while the remaining 500 tumans adn the 10 tumans (the value of the Qurʼan) were charged to the groom.
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Documents regarding Sughra Khanum's complaint, 1913
Documents regarding the complaint by Sughra Khanum, wife of Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, on behalf of her daughter, Zahra Khanum, known as Zarrin Taj, against Zarrin Taj's husband, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Kitab-furush (bookseller), son of Mirza Muhammad Husayn from Gulpayigan, regarding her daughter's dowry and other prerogatives. Includes a copy of the marriage contract, Zarrin Taj's power of attorney to her mother, an affidavit regarding Zarrin Taj's harrasment by her husband, Sughra Khanums's power of attorney to Shaykh Muhammad from Taliqan, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali's power of attorney to Shaykh...