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Power of attorney to receive mahr, dowry, and inheritance share, 1917
Power of attorney given by Bibi Sakinah Baygum (known as ‘Azizi Baygum), daughter of Haji Sayyid Ja‘far Tajir [the merchant] from Kazirun and wife of the late Sayyid ‘Abbas Tajir from Kazirun, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah in order to receive her mahr, her dowry, and her share of the late Sayyid ‘Abbas's possessions
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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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Petition to receive money and dowry, 1918
Petition of Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, attorney of Sayyid ‘Abbas's wife, to Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Muhammad Husayn al-Husayni al-Najafi al-Kaziruni regarding his client's money and dowry being kept at the house of the late Haji Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant from Kazirun]'s inheritors, and their reluctance to return it
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Copy of Fatimah Baygum's petition to Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Najafi, 1926
Copy of a complaint petition from Fatimah Baygum to Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Najafi regarding her brutal treatment at the hands of her husband, Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Anjavi. Fatimah Baygum claims that her husband has beaten her and thrown her and their children out of their house. She has sent the children to ask their father for permission to go back, but he refused every time. She next sent some acquaintances to her husband, but he never let her or the children return home. She finally sent this petition to Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Husayn al-Najafi, requesting that he would...