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Settlement between daughter of Mirza Aqa Khan and her daughter, 1899 or 1900
Settlement between the daughter of Mirza Aqa Khan (and sister of Shaykh al-Islam) and her daughter, in which a big and white room and its furniture are settled in exchange for three kilos of salt and a silver coin. This settlement is confirmed in by several religious leaders. Also, according to this agreement, 75 tumans were put aside for thirty years to be used for food donations for five years and four years of prayers and fasts in case of the death of Mirza Aqa Khan's daughter. The two women are not named in the document.
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Settlement between Bahadur al-Sultan and his aunts, Akram al-Muluk and Mahparvar, 1905
Settlement to resolve the dispute between Haj Khan Baba Khan Bahadur al-Sultan and his two maternal aunts, Zahra (known as Akram al-Muluk) and Mahparvar, the daughters of Parviz Chahardawli, regarding the one third of the inheritance of Asiyah, the maternal grandmother of Bahadur al-Sultan. After twelve days of reviewing the case, the writer has decided that all the claims of Bahadur al-Sultan were settled in exchange for 2700 tumans. The inheritance of Asiyah, according to a settlement document by Akhund Mulla Muhammad Taqi Shaykh al-Islam, includes: properties, villages, cash assets,...
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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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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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Settlement between Aqa Baygum and her children, 1904
Settlement between Aqa Baygum, daughter of Haj Muhammad Javad from Isfahan and wife of Haj Muhammad Sadiq from Dastjird, and her two sons, Muhammad Hadi Arbab and Muhammad Shafi‘, exchanging four-and-one-half acres of a property in Dastjird, which she inherited from her son, Hasan ‘Ali, for one hundred dinars. Aqa Baygum also settles her mahr with the mentioned sons for ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy. They agree that if Aqa Baygum passes away, the mahr should be spent on: the Fatihah, ten years of fasting and prayer, the Imam's share being given to Shaykh Ahmad, tithing to...
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Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1901
Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad Riza, and Akhund Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Akhund Mulla Muhammad Isma‘il; the mahr includes: a Qur’an worth one tuman; fifteen tumans; one thousand dinars; five misqals [each misqal is 4.25 grams] of rose gold; carpets to cover a room, including two runners, felt, and a small carpet worth ten tumans; two and a half mans (shah) [each man (shah) is 6 kilograms] of copperware worth of six tumans and five thousand dinars; a set of qalamkar beddings from Isfahan worth of four tumans; one-sixth of a house in Shahrak neighborhood...