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Marriage contract of Mina Baygum and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, 1855
Marriage contract of Mina Baygum, the daughter of Abu al-Hasan, and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, the son of Ustad Aqa Baba, with a mahr of 60 tumans, which includes: 50 tumans manat, a set of bedding worth four tumans, a ewer and basin worth two tumans, two trays worth three tumans, and a lamp worth one tuman.
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Marriage contract of Baygum Jan and Mulla ‘Abd Allah, 1874
Marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of ‘Ali Quli Bayg, and Mulla ‘Abd Allah, son of Mulla Husayn. The mahr is eleven tumans: five tumans for a qalamkar bedding; five tumans for a rug, a kilim, and a felt; one tuman remains groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum and Husayn Pasha Khan, 1885
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum, daughter of ʻAbd al-Samad Khan Hasanabadi, and Husayn Pasha Khan Ajudanbashi [Head of aide-de-camp] of Amirtuman Amirbahadur, Muzaffar al-Din Shah's defence minister, dated May 24, 1885. The mahr is 500 tumans, a set of bedding worth 20 tumans, and a gold ring with a ruby gem worth 30 tumans. The witnesses are Karbalayi Fath Allah Taymur Bayg Mubashir and Aqa Mir ʻAli Akbar Mardanqumi
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Mahmud, 1887
Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Mahmud, the son of Muhammad Sadiq, dated December 1st, 1887. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth two tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 5 tumans, a carpet, a kilim worth 10 tumans, and three sixths of the properties inherited by the bridegroom. A note on the verso reads: "the record of Nanah Gawhar (the mother of our mother, Sakinah Khatun)'s mahr."
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu Khanum and Mirza ‘Abd al-Vahhab, 1881
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu Khanum, daughter of Mulla ‘Abd Allah Shabih Khvan [ta‘ziyah performer] of Mahallat, and Mirza ‘Abd al-Vahhab, son of Mulla ‘Abd Allah of Mahallat. The mahr includes: seventy tumans, Naraqi felt carpet, Isfahani qalamkar bedding, copper, gold, and a house in Mahallat. Thirty-eight tumans and five thousand dinars were paid, and the rest remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Shahbaz Khanum and Ustad Ahmad, 1876
Marriage contract of Shahbaz Khanum, daughter of Ustad Kazim from Usku, and Ustad Ahmad, son of Ustad Malik Najjar (carpenter) from Usku; the mahr includes one-fourth of a garden, a set of bedding worth three tumans, a gold ring worth five thousand dinars, a pair of candlesticks worth one tuman, a bath tray worth seven thousand dinars, all remaining the groom's father's debt, as well as fifteen tumans which remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum and Ibrahim Khan, 1857
Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ishaq Khan ‘Arab, with Ibrahim Khan, son of ‘Alikhan; mahr includes one thousand four hundred twenty-five tumans, gold, carpets, copperware, healthy female and male slaves, and some properties
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Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, 1887
Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier] (Sa‘d al-Dawlah), and Ghulam Husayn Khan Yavar, son of Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Sulayman Khan Sartip; mahr is three tumans and one thousand five hundred dinars, gold, copperware, two carpets, six healthy male and female slaves, and properties including farms, houses, and gardens. Sulayman Khan has transferred the above properties to his son, Ghulam Husayn Khan.
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Marriage contract between Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1854
Marriage contract between Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAli, and Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on June 23, 1854. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, a room's carpets, including a rug and a pair of felt rugs, a qalamkar bed covering, parts of some gardens and one sixth of a dyer's shop. These properties were part of the bridegroom's mother's mahr but went on to be included in the bride's mahr. On the verso there are two settlements: the first is between the bride [Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum] and her paternal uncle, Aqa Mirza Husayn, dated June 23, 1854, regarding some...
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Shaykh ‘Ali and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, 1903
Marriage contract of the daughter of Shaykh ‘Ali from Usku and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, son of Ustad Muhsin from Usku; her mahr is one-fourth of a house, one-fourth of a garden, a set of bedding worth three tumans, a gold ring and a bath bowl worth one tuman, a candlestick worth three thousand five hundred dinars, all belonging to groom's mother and father. On November 25, 1876, the daughter of Shaykh ‘Ali settled with ‘Abd al-Khaliq over one-fourth of the mentioned garden in exchange with one-third of another piece of land. On the same date, Ustad Muhsin transferred a tray to the daughter of Mulla...
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