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Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum and Ghulam Riza Khan, 1905
Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum, the daughter of Muʻtamad al-Sultan Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, and Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, the son of Haji Aqa Muhammad Khan Amin al-Raʻaya. The mahr was twenty mans [unit of agricultural land] of a property and the use of water from a qanat, some pieces of land, as well as some rugs, copperware, bedding, and gold worth six hundred tumans in total. On verso, it is noted that Hajar Khanum transferred the money to Aqa Mirza ʻAli Aqa, the son of Haji Muhammad Riza to use as he sees fit on September 9, 1927.
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Ibrahim, 1900
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, daughter of Karbalayi Yar Murad from Kahriz, and Ibrahim, son of Muhammad from Bahmanabad. The mahr is forty tumans, of which half was paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The mahr additionally includes one-twelfth of the garden of the groom's father, a set of bedding made in Burujird worth three tumans, and a copper ewer and basin made in Kashan worth one tuman and five thousand dinars. On February, 13, 1903, Shahrbanu transferred the ownership of the mentioned properties to her father, and her father settled them with Sayf al-Dawlah for five tumans.
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Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum
Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum, daughter of ‘Ali Quli Bayg and wife of Sayyid Taqi, including: 2 copies of a settlement with her brother, Muhammad Ibrahim, regarding his properties in the village of Sulah Darrah (Qazvin), dated October 5, 1891; a settlement with her brother, Najaf Quli Bayg, regarding a garden (March 1, 1892); a document regarding Muhammad Hashim's debt to Khanum Sultan Khanum and a list of his property given to Khanum Sultan Khanum pledged to guarantee the repayment of a debt (November 29, 1892); a sale document of a female donkey between Khanum Sultan Khanum and...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.