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Marriage contract of Bibi Batul and Mirza ‘Ali, 1913
Marriage contract of Bibi Batul Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali Dihdashti the merchant, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali, the son of Aqa Mirza Muhammad Amin al-Tujjar. The mahr is a Qur’an worth one hundred tumans, four thousand tumans, ten misqals of pearl worth three hundred and fifty tumans, fifty misqals of gold, two mans [unit of weight] of green silk, three mans of wheat, and ten mans salt. All remains the groom’s debt.
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Marriage contract of Akhtar al-Muluk and Jalal Khan, 1924
Marriage contract of Akhtar al-Muluk Khanum, daughter of Mirza Ibrahim Khan Munshi Bashi, and Jalal Khan (treasurer), son of ‘Abd Allah Khan Tavallali. The mahr includes two thousand tumans and a copy of a Qur’an worth one hundred tumans.
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1910
Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Karbalayi ‘Ali and Aqa Muhammad Riza, the son of Aqa Mashhadi Asad Allah. The mahr is twenty six tumans and two thousand and five hundred dinars, a Qur‘an (one tuman value), seven misqals of gold (twenty one tumans value), and a portion of land, which was settled to the groom by Khavar Sultan, the daughter of Aqa Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, in exchange for some wheat and one hundred dinars. Aside from the piece of land, the mahr totals forty eight tumans and two and a half qirans [two thousand and five hundred dinars], which remains the...