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Marriage contract of Sughra and Haj ‘Ali, 1879
Marriage contract of Sughra, daughter of Haj Ghulam Riza Runani, and Haj ‘Ali, son of ‘Ali ‘Askar from Runan. The mahr includes eighteen tumans, one-twelfth of a residential building in the Tahunah region of Runan village, and some land. The mahr remains groom's debt. On the margin: "On February 3, 1898, Sughra Khanum settled some of the land with Haj ‘Ali in exchange for ten loads of wheat and some other land."
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Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Abu Talib, 1849
Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum, daughter of Haj ʻAliyar resident of Tehran [illegible] Isfahan, and Abu Talib, son of ʻAli Riza. The mahr is twenty two tumans and five thousand dinars. Following this contract, the groom's father settled with the groom over one-sixth of a house located at [illegible] for ten [illegible] coins and ten loads of wheat. Then the groom settled with the bride over the mentioned part of property for eight tumans of the mahr. On the back of the document: "On December 23, 1860, the wife settled with Mulla Faridun, son of Aqa Vafadar, over the same one-sixth of...
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun and Muhammad Husayn, 1852
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun known as Khanum Jun, daughter of Ustad Aqa, and Muhammad Husayn, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Sarraf. The mahr is twenty tumans. The groom settled one-twelfth of his residential property located behind the Shah ‘Ali Bath, transferred to him by his mother, in exchange for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat with the bride, all of which was subtracted from the mahr. The groom additionally agreed to buy five misqals [unit of weight] of red gold and three mans [unit of weight] of copperware for the bride. The personal seal of the groom's...
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Marriage contract and divorce settlement, 1884 and 1888
One side is the marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn son of Sayyid Nasr Allah, and Muhammad Isma‘il, son of the late Muhammad Riza Da’i. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which the groom paid thirty tumans in women's clothing, rugs, gold, and copper worth five tumans. The other thirty tumans remain the groom's debt. The other side is the divorce settlement of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn from Gazirgah, and Ismaʻil, son of the late Riza Mushki-baf from Gazirgah. Baygum Jan settled her mahr, alimony, and clothing for twenty-five dirams [dirhams] and two copper coins...