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Marriage contract of Shams al-Saltanah and Muʻtamad al-Sultan, 1884
The marriage contract between Shams al-Saltanah and Muhammad ʻAli Khazin al-Mulk, son of Muhammad Rahim Khan Khazin al-Mulk, on 3 Jan 1884. The mahr includes 5000 tumans, 2000 tumans' worth of jewelry, a mansion worth 3000 tuman, and a Qurʼan worth 100 tumans. On the margin of this marriage contract there is a note stating that instead of the mansion, the wife can receive 3000 tumans in cash.
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Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’ and Ahmad, 1889
Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’, the daughter of Karbalayi Aqa, and Ahmad, the son of Asad. The mahr is twenty one tumans, of which six and a half tumans and a pair of gold earrings, worth twenty five thousand dinars [two and a half tumans], have been paid and the outstanding twelve tumans and a half remains on the groom's charge.
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Marriage Contract of Sultan Khanum and Mirza Bahaʼ al-Din Lashkar Nivis, 1890
Marriage Contract of Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Mustawfi, and Mirza Bahaʼ al-Din Lashkar Nivis, son of Mirza Muhammad. The mahr is 500 tumans, a gold ring with diamond worth 40 tumans, and a Qurʼan worth 10 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Baygum Khanum and Karbalayi Sayyid ʻAli, 1856
Marriage contract of Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Haji Zayn al-ʻAbidin, and Karbalayi Sayyid ʻAli, the son of Haji Sayyid Riza. The mahr is eighty tumans and a gold ring worth one tuman.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, 1889
Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Karbalayi Mahdi and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, the son of Karbalayi Aqa Bala Bayg; mahr was fifty tumans and a gold ring worth fifteen thousand dinars.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, 1882
Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Haji Mulla ‘Ali Muhammad the performer of Rawzah, and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali the confectioner, the son of Haji Husayn. The mahr is one hundred tumans and a gold ring worth five tumans.
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Marriage contract of Nazar Khanum and Ni‘mat Allah, 1894
Marriage contract of Nazar [Manzar?] Khanum, the daughter of Qanbar, and Ni‘mat Allah, the son of Fath Allah from the village of Fahuran. The mahr is thirty-one tumans, part of which has been given to the bride in the form of a share of inheritance, jewelry, and clothing. The remaining six tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Nazpari and ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan, 1878
Marriage contract of Nazpari, daughter of the late Karbalayi Ibrahim [illegible], and ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan. The mahr is eleven tumans and a golden ring.
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Marriage contract of Haji Maryam Baygum and Haj Sadiq, 1862
Marriage contract of Haji Maryam Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Ismaʻil, and Haj Sadiq, the son of Aqa ʻAbd Allah from Kirman. The mahr is twenty two tumans and five thousand dinars. The bride has the following conditions: her husband should take her to Mashhad and pay the costs and it is also his duty to pay for her burial in Mashhad.
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Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, 1886
Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum, the daughter of Ustad Muhammad Rahim Allah Abadi, and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, the son of Aqa Mirza Kazim from Isfahan. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and shares of land, twenty-five tumans for building a house, seventeen tumans to buy women's outfits, twelve tumans for buying and selling, five tumans for bedding, one pair of earrings worth five tumans, and six tumans to buy copperware.