Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, the daughter of Muhammad Baqir, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Simaun Bayg from Georgia. The mahr includes: 30 tumans cash, some crimson gold, five shah-mans of copperware, five mans of carpet, kilims and felt worth nine tumans, a set of qalamkar bedding worth five tumans, 20 sheep worth 10 tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth 10 tumans, one twelfth of a building called Muhammadkhani, some other properties, water use, a mill, and one twelfth of a garden. On June 22, 1847, Shahrbanu settled all of the cash and gold in her mahr for 30 tumans and a shah-man of...
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