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Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1909 to 1924
Correspondence of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, including a letter from Umm al-Khaqan, 1909; Farmanfarma's letter to Shaykh Khaz‘al about the situation in Shiraz, Bushihr, and Iraq, and Britain's policy in Mesopotamia, 1920; Farmanfarma's letter to his son Nusrat al-Dawlah, the governor of Fars about Ihtiram al-Dawlah's trip to Fars, 1924; and three letters from Isma‘il Husayni regarding financial and property matters.
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Deposition about recording a marriage, 1910
Sayyid Ahmad A‘mi [the blind] from Kazirun, son of Mirza Kuchak from Kazirun, testifies about his presence at the marriage ceremony between the late Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan the merchant, and Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haji Muhammad Hasan, in August of 1904. The mahr was one hundred tumans and a volume of the Qur’an. Shaykh Lutf Allah, son of Haj Shaykh ‘Ali Muhammad, was the other witness to the marriage present at the Imam's courthouse.
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Marriage contract of Bihjat Baygum and Tahmasb Khan, 1924
Marriage contract of Bihjat Baygum, daughter of the late Sayyid Ahmad, and Tahmasb Khan, son of the late ‘Ali Mirza-i Imam-zadah Isma‘ili; the mahr includes thirty tumans along with a Qur‘an worth one tuman.
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Marriage contract of Fakhr al-Sadat Khanum and Mashhadi ‘Abd Allah, 1914
Marriage contract between Fakhr al-Sadat Khanum, daughter of Sayyid ‘Abd Allah, and Mashhadi ‘Abd Allah, son of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Rahman from Shiraz but residing in Tehran; the mahr is a copy of a Qurʼan and one hundred ten tumans, of which the bride received thirty tumans and the remaining eighty tumans remain the groom’s debt. The witnesses are Haj ‘Abbasquli Sahm al-Mulk Bayat from Arak and Nusrat Allah.
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Marriage contract of ʻIzzat al-Saltanah and ʻAbbas Mirza, April or May 1911
Marriage contract between Zahra Khanum (ʻIzzat al-Saltanah), daughter of Nizam al-Saltanah, and ʻAbbas Mirza, son of ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma. The sidaq (mahr) is ten thousand tumans - 1,500 tumans in cash, three shares in the village of Dalaki near Shiraz, valued at 8,500 tumans, and a handwritten Qur’an.
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Power of attorney to collect daughter's mahr, 1914
Power of attorney given by Bibi Safiyah Sultan, wife of the late Haji Mirza Mahmud Sahib Tajir (merchant) from Kazirun and daughter of the late Muhammad Khan Bunab from Shiraz, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haji Muhammad Hasan Tajir, in order to collect her daughter (Khanum Gawhar)'s mahr which has been transferred to Bibi Safiyah Sultan through a settlement, from Aqa Mirza Aqa-yi Nadim (her daughter's father-in-law)
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Settlement between Hajiyah Khaunm and her mother, 1916
Settlement on July 20, 1916, between Hajiyah Khaunm, daughter of Haji Ghulam Husayn Zari‘ [the farmer] from Dih Buzurg, and her mother, Bibi Baygum Jan (daughter of Karbalayi Haydar), over Hajiyah Khanum's mahr from her marriage to Mirza ‘Abbas Khan, son of Mirza Luft Allah Mustawfi, and all of the dowry taken to her husband's house, for some crystal candy and one hundred dinars. On the margin, Hajiyah Khanum's father has confirmed this settlement and has sealed it.
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Settlement of Bibi Khanum with Maryam Sultan Baygum, 1911
Settlement of Bibi Khanum, daughter of the late Mashhadi ‘Abbas and permanent wife of Mirza Hidayat Allah, with Maryam Sultan Baygum, daughter of Mirza ‘Ali and wife of the late Mashhadi ‘Abbas, over Bibi Khanum's mahr for one thousand dinars and some wheat
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