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Letter from Karbalayi Baqir
Letter from Karbalayi Baqir to Aqa regarding the triple divorce settlement of a woman, in his office/presence, and payment of the alimony during the waiting period under the condition that the woman stays with a Sayyidah woman who is his neighbor. The previous night he noticed that the woman was not with Sayyidah, and had claimed that she had Aqa's permission to go anywhere she wanted. He inquires about this claim and informs Aqa that if the woman were not entrusted to an honorable person, he did not wish to be responsible for her.
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Power of attorney to collect alimony, 1920
Power of attorney given by Hamdam Khanum, wife of Mirza Muhammad Ja‘far Khan and daughter of the late ‘Inayat Allah Khan (resident of Ishaq Bayg neighborhood), to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah (resident of Sarbagh) in order to negotiate with her husband about her alimony and cost of clothing
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ʻAliyah Khanum's divorce case
ʻAliyah Khanum claimed that Haji Musaddiq al-Mamalik, her husband, refused to pay her for her rights and asked that he appear in front of the court and either give her her rights or divorce her.
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Legal documents regarding marriage and divorce of Maʻsumah Khanum and Karbalayi ʻAbbas, 1927-1929
Marriage contract and divorce settlement of Maʻsumah Khanum and Karbalayi ʻAbbas and two powers of attorney.
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Power of attorney to collect debt and daughter's alimony
Power of attorney given by Mirza Mahmud Baqqal [grocer], son of the late Mirza Baqir from Shiraz, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin in order to collect his daughter (wife of Mashhadi Khalil Mivah-furush [fruit seller])'s alimony in the amount of fifty-five tumans, and to collect his and his daughter's possessions from Mashhadi Khalil. Moreover, Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin has the power of attorney to get a court order for Mashhadi Khalil regarding his dispute with his wife (daughter of Mirza Mahmud)
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Baygum and Haj ‘Abd Allah, 1880
Marriage contract of Kawkab Baygum, daughter of Haj Sayyid Ahmad, and Haj ‘Abd Allah, son of Haj ‘Ali, with a mahr of eighty tumans, ten tumans of which was given to the bride at the time of the marriage. The rest remains groom's debt. The marriage contract also includes the following conditions: if, in the first fifty years of the marriage, the groom travels for two full years without paying alimony to the bride, the bride can divorce herself and release the groom from paying half of the mahr. Additionally, the groom is not permited to take the bride out of the region without her consent.
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Settlement between Gulrukh Khanum and Aqa Ghulamriza, 1907
Settlement between Gulrukh Khanum, daughter of the late ‘Abd al-Vahhab (from Ishaqabad), and Aqa Ghulamriza, son of the late Haji Mirza Husayn (from Ishaqabad), over Gulrukh Khanum’s rights to her mahr, alimony, and share of inheritance (one-eight), in exchange for sixteen tumans.
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Power of attorney from ‘Ismat Khanum to Aqa Husayn Khan, 1930
‘Ismat Khanum, daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali from Vidja, gives power of attorney to Aqa Husayn Khan, to claim her mahr and alimony from her husband, ‘Abbas‘ali from Vidja, within three months.
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Divorce settlement and marriage contract
Divorce settlement of Sakinah Sultan, daughter of Siddiq Qanbar ‘Ali, and Karbalayi Muhammad Tupchi, son of deceased Karbalayi Isma‘il (from Kirman Shahan), over waiving her mahr and alimony, till after the waiting period. Should he wish to return within that period, then he must pay her alimony at a daily rate of half a silver qiran. Marriage contract of Raziyah Baygum and Aqa Shaykh Javad. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which thirty tumans were paid to the bride, and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Division of Haji Mirza Muhammad's inheritance, 1926
Haji Mirza Muhammad's inheritance has been divided amongst the following: his two wives, Bibi Khatun (daughter of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Ali), and Zaynab Khanum; and his children, Sakinah Sultan (wife of Aqa Sayyid Muhammad), Rubabah Khanum (wife of Aqa Mirza Muhammad), Umm Layli (wife of Aqa Husayn Ibn Hasan Ibn Riza), Aqa Muhammad Husayn, Aqa Murtiza, and Aqa Mustafa and Yahya (his underage sons). It is noted that all his wives’ shares and entitlements, including the mahr and alimony, have been taken into account.