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Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, 1925
Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Munshi Bashi, and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq Aqa the merchant from Kashan. The mahr is a Qurʼan, a Kashmir shawl, a diamond ring, and eight hundred tumans. Part of the mahr has been paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The conditions of the marriage contract are the following: for five years, Qamar Sultan Khanum has the right to divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year, or does not pay living expenses. The groom also promises that for fifty years he will...
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Marriage contract of Kawkab al-Muluk Ghaffari and ‘Isa Bihzadi, 1933
Marriage contract of Kawkab Khanum [Kawkab al-Muluk] Ghaffari, born in 1914, resident of Mashhad, daughter of Shahzadah Husayn Mirza, and Mirza ‘Isa Khan Bihzadi, born in 1900, resident of Mashhad, son of Mirza Musa Khan on August 28, 1933. Mahr was fifteen thousand rials, five thousands of which was received by Kawkab Khanum and the rest was owed to her. Wittnesses: Ahmad Radpour and Mirza Muhsin Khan Sipahdariyan.
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Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, 1882
Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan, the daughter of Mirza Masʻud Khan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haji Sayyid Qasim. The mahr is 800 tuman and includes: three shares of a garden in Herat worth of 300 tumans, pieces of land worth 100 tumans, a female slave for the wife, worth of 50 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 50 tumans, copper dishes worth 50 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 20 tumans, and bedding and carpets worth 100 tumans. It was agreed that for 50 years after the marriage, the wife can divorce herself if the husband leaves her for more than a year...