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Marriage contract of Asiyah Khanum and Mirza Ghaffar Khan, 1921
Marriage contract of Asiyah Khanum, daughter of Haj Mirza Mahmud Khan Fakhim al-Saltanah, and Mirza Ghaffar Khan, son of Mirza Ahmad Khan, on December 7, 1921. The mahr is 500 tumans and a Qurʼan worth 5 tumans, which remains the debt of the bridegroom.
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Decree for heirs of Mirza Ahmad Khan Lashkar Nivis, 1910
The document reads in part: "In the name of his excellency, Sultan Ahmad Shah, after the death of Mirza Ahmad Lashkar Nivis (of the royal artillery), the comfort of those surviving him is the shah's will; hence, under this command, half of the deceased's stipend, which is 180 tumans, will be allocated as follows: the state stipend of the late Mirza Ahmad Lashkar Nivis was 360 tumans. This amount, minus 180 tumans, is 180 tumans: his heirs will receive 180 tumans. The men, Mirza Zayn al-Abidin Khan, Mirza Muhsin, Mirza Ghaffar known as Aqa Buzurg), Mirza Baqir, and Mirza Javad, shall receive...