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Gawhari Khanum's will, 1923
Gawhari Khanum (daughter of Haj Zu al-Riyasatayn) makes her daughter, Batul Khanum, the executor of her will so that after Gawhari Khanum's death Batul Khanum has to sell the three-sixths of the mills in Murad Bak valley, or buy that share, and spend the money for the expenses in the year of Gawhari Khanum's death. Seven hundred tumans of subtenancy should be paid for fifty years of fasts and prayers. Five hundred tumans should be paid for the expenses of carrying the corpse to the holy cities in Iraq. If this was not possible, the corpse should be carried to Qum and be burried next to the...
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Mashhadi Asghar Rahimi Danishi’s will, 1947
Mashhadi Asghar Rahimi Danishi has transferred the ownership of all his properties after his death to his wife, Rubabah Khanum (daughter of the late Mashahdi Ghaffar). If she passes away, his daughter (Mahbubah) will be the inheritor.
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Executing Muhammad Mu‘in's will and the guardianship of his children
Includes two documents: 1- in the first one, dated October 25, 1874, the inheritance of Muhammad Mu‘in, the son of ‘Abd al-Husayn the merchant from Shiraz, has been divided among his inheritors: his wife [illegible], the daughter of Muhammad Khalil the merchant from Shiraz; his mother, Bibi Khanum Mah, the daughter of Muhammad Hasan the merchant from Shiraz; and his three underage children, Mirza Nasir, Badr Haya’ Khanum, and Bibi Khadijah Sultan Khanum. Mirza Abu al-Qasim, the son of Muhammad Khalil, and ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Muhammad Hasan the merchant, have been designated as the...
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‘Abd al-Ghafur's will, 1913
‘Abd al-Ghafur Ivazi makes a will, giving the power of attorney over all matters regarding his offspring and finances to his brother, Muhammad Sharif, for the length of his travel to Mecca.
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‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892
Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father's death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own...
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Will of Gawhar Khanum, 1905
The will of Gawhar Khanum, wife of the late Haj Habib. The will specifies that a trustworthy person is paid three hundred tumans to go on Hajj on her behalf, one hundred and forty tumans for someone to perform forty-one years' worth of prayers for her and to fast for forty-one months on her behalf, and sixty tumans for her funeral expenses. Gawhar Khanum advises that her son, Muʻtamad al-Sultan Muhammad Husayn Iqbal-i Divan, should supervise the affairs.
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Haji Hasan's book of documents
Haji Hasan's book of documents - book 4 - documents related to women are the following: seq 4: settlement between ʻAliriza Bayg, son of the deceased Muhammad Bayg ʻUmar Quli, with the permission of ʻAliriza Bayg's wife, Khadijah Sultan Khanum, and Maryam Khanum, sister of Khadijah Sultan Khanum, both daughters of the deceased ʻAbd al-Muhammad Bayg ʻUmar Quli, and Aqa Muhammad Hasan, representative of the United Kingdom, for three shares of the joint ownership of their paternal inheritance, including buildings, land, and some other rights, for 1100 tumans, September 2, 1871; seq 6: Qamar...
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Settlement and will of Haji Mulla Husayn, 1882
The document reads in part: Haji Mulla Husayn, the preacher, settled 1500 tumans with three of his sons, Mirza Muhammad Riza Khadim, Shaykh Muhammad Baqir, and Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli, for a man [three kilograms] of salt. If the settlor dies and the two underage sons [Shaykh Muhammad Baqir and Shaykh ʻAbd al-ʻAli] are adults at the time of executing the will, the settled money, 1500 tumans, should be used for the expenses of the burial, funeral, and other religious duties. Mulla Husayn himself testified to the changes applied to both wills and they are correct. If Mulla Husayn dies while the...
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Will of Haji Mahdi Aqa, 1904
Haji Mahdi Aqa the merchant from Salmas, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, has assigned his nephew, Haji Mirza Aqa Muhammad Riza the merchant, as the executor of his will and Haji ‘Ali Aqa the merchant as the overseer. They are responsible for paying his debts and determining one-third of his belongings to be spent on the religious expenses of his will. The interest from the rest of his belongings goes to all the inheritors for ten years, after which the land will belong to his older sons and his daughters will be able to reside in the houses within the gardens. The younger sons...
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Zahra Khanum's will, 1920
Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, the daughter of the late Haji Allahyar Ganjah and the wife of Haji ‘Ali Akbar Aqa, the merchant from Ganjah, makes a claim against her brother, Mulla Najaf, regarding her inheritance from her father and her mother, Bibi Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mustafa. Because all of Mulla Najaf's properties have been in a state of ruin due to the unrest in Caucasus and their value has depreciated since his death, Mashhadiyah Shikar Khanum, thinking of her brother's children, has settled her claims with them: Mashhadi Musayyab Aqa, Mashhadi Haji Bayg Aqa, and Muhammad Hasan...
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