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Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, 1925
Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Munshi Bashi, and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq Aqa the merchant from Kashan. The mahr is a Qurʼan, a Kashmir shawl, a diamond ring, and eight hundred tumans. Part of the mahr has been paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The conditions of the marriage contract are the following: for five years, Qamar Sultan Khanum has the right to divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year, or does not pay living expenses. The groom also promises that for fifty years he will...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Furugh-i Ruh Khanum and Mirza Taqi Khan, 1927
Marriage contract of Furugh-i Ruh Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Taqi Khan Mudabbir al-Sultan, and Aqa ‘Abbas‘ali, the son of Aqa Hasan Nazir, on October 28, 1927. The mahr is fifty tumans and a gold ring worth one tuman. The note on the margin, dated June 29, 1934, is the divorce settlement, according to which Furugh-i Ruh Khanum has settled on twenty five tumans, some textiles, a Qur’an, and the gold ring. Aqa ‘Ali Sultanzad guaranteed this payment.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Hajiyah and Mashhadi Husayn Misgar, 1928
Marriage contract of Khanum Hajiyah, daughter of Mashhadi Karim Qassab [the butcher] from Shiraz, and Mashhadi Husayn Misgar [the coppersmith], son of Karbalayi Aqa Buzurg from Shiraz; the mahr includes sixty tumans, a Qur‘an worth one tuman, one misqal [unit of weight] of gold, ten misqals of green silk, one charik [unit of weight] of palm starch, and five mans [unit of weight] of salt. The mahr remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khanum and ‘Ali Khan Sahibjam‘, 1931
Marriage contract of Khanum, daughter of Sayyid Mahmud Khan Mu‘tasam al-Dawlah, and ‘Ali Khan Sahibjam‘, son of Khan Baba Khan Sahibjam‘; the mahr is two thousand and five hundred tumans as well as a copy of the Qur’an, two rings, and a cashmere shawl. Five hundred tumans and the items were given to the bride and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sughra and Mirza Muhammad Riza Dastghayb Bihishti, 1928
Marriage contract between Khanum Sughra, daughter of Aqa Mirza, and Mirza Muhammad Riza Dastghayb Bihishti. The mahr includes a copy of the Qur’an worth six qirans, two hundred tumans, three misqals of gold, fifty misqals of raw silk, twenty mans (unit of weight) of salt, and some wheat, all remaining the groom's debt. In addition, the woman has the right to choose the place of residence.