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Settlement of Iskandar Khan Yavar and others, 1900
A five-year settlement between Haji Iskandar Khan Yavar and Haji Isma‘il (on behalf of his wife and ‘Azimat Khanum), Muhammad Sultan (on behalf of his wife), Sultan Baygum Khanum (as the guardian of Mirza Abu Turab Khan), and Fatimah Khanum (Karbalayi Muhammad ‘Ali's wife), regarding the proceeds of some properties in Varaqah village of Hashtrud district. The tenants are not responsible for payment of state taxes.
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Two sale documents of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-‘Ali and Mashhadi ‘Izzat with Khanum, 1904
Sale document of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-‘Ali (son of Darvish Ibrahim) and his wife, Mashhadi ‘Izzat (daughter of Mulla Husayn Kadkhuda), with Khanum: one is over a piece of land, located in Qasr-i Hamid, in exchange for three tumans; the other is over water usage of Khanqah in exchange for one hundred and ten tumans. Additional rights of both sales were settled for one hundred dinars and some wheat.
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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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Booklet of documents
Documents related to women are the following: seq. 23: "I, Haj ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, have received all the jewelry of my deceased wife, Nabat Khanum, which was left with the wife of Haji Vakil al-Dawlah for safekeeping, plus three documents that were not listed. December 29, 1886"; seq. 27: a few years ago, the deceased Nabat Khanum from Tehran, the wife of the deceased ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, had left 1000 tumans with Haji Aqa Muhammad Hasan Vakil al-Dawlah, representative of the government of the United Kingdom, who claims on the...
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Documents related to the conflict between the villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, 1869-1941
Documents related to the conflict between two villages of Kahal and Alanjiq in Azarbayjan, arising from disputes over land boundaries and the right to water. The conflict that proceeded over years is judged by the elders of the villages, government officials, landlords, and agreements are signed and sealed by the opposing parties. However, protests, petitions, transgressions of the borders and abuses of water rights. These become subjects of some of the reports and documents listed in this item.