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Power of attorney for Khayr al-Nisaʼ's divorce, 1801
Khayr al-Nisaʼ, daughter of Baba Khan the enamel painter, gives power of attorney to Mulla Haj Muhammad. Mulla Haj Muhammad is to divorce her from her husband, Muhammad ʻAli (known as Aqa Baba), the son of Jaʻfar Jilawdar. She forgoes her mahr. The divorce vow was said on April 16, 1801.
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Power of attorney for divorce, 1784
The document reads in part:Mir ʻAli al-Baqi has given the power of attorney to divorce his wife, Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum (daughter of Mirza Sayyid Mahmud), to Akhund Muhsin of Dar al-ʻIbadah of Yazd; she forgoes her mahr for this divorce. June 21, 1784.
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Marriage contract of Qamar and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, 1904
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Karbalayi Zayn al-ʻAbidin Turk, and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, son of Islamʻali Turk from Badkubah [Baku], with a mahr of 150 tumans. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife so that for fifty years after the date of their marriage, if the husband goes travelling for more than two years in a row or leaves the house and does not pay the monthly alimony of one tuman and five thousand [dinars] to his wife, the wife can get a divorce after forgiving half of her mahr.