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Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum and Murad ‘Ali, 1891
Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum, daughter of the late Aqa Taqi, and Murad ‘Ali, son of the late Kazim. The mahr includes one tuman and five thousand dinars, one-and-a-half misqals of golden jewelery, copperware, European chintz clothes, a set of bedding made in Qumshah, kilim and a felt rug, and one-sixth of the groom's residential building located in the Ustad Qasim the Carpenter neighborhood of Asfarjan village. On April 26, 1894, the wife settled her mahr and alimony with her husband for two tumans, a donkey, two mans [unit of weight] of flour, a pair of shoes, four zar‘...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum and Murad, 1867 and 1879
Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum, daughter of Ustad Qasim, and Murad, son of Kazim. The mahr was one tuman and five thousand dinars to buy one misqal [unit of weight] of gold, copperware, new clothes, bedding, kilim and felt, and some properties. On December 11, 1879, Kuchak Jan Khanum settled all of her mahr with her husband for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce. It was agreed that if the husband wanted to return, he had to add an extra ten tumans to the mahr.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.
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Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum and Haji Baba, 1897
Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza, and Haji Baba, the son of Abu al-Hadi Nasr Abadi, dated October 25, 1897. The mahr is a mirror, 10 tumans for the price of a chest, some copperware, a carpet, some clothing, one sixth of a house, and an orchard. The bridegroom's father gave the mahr (short five tumans) to the bride.
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Marriage contract between Bibi Layla and Muhammad Husayn, 1927
Marriage contract between Bibi Layla, the daughter of Karbalayi Sayyid ʻAbbas (son of Karbalayi Sayyid Maʻsum from Birjand), and Muhammad Husayn, son of Mulla Zayn al-ʻAbidin, on January 24, 1927. The mahr, which is 84 tumans and will remain the bridegroom's debt, includes: two shares of half of a day's use of the water from the qanat of Hasanabad farm for 32 tumans, half of a house in Arviz village for 6 tumans, kilims and felt for carpeting one room for four tumans, four women's dresses to buy and to make for five tumans, ten mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for six...
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Baygum Khanum and Muʼtaman al-Sultan Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi Hirati, 1941
Marriage contract between Fatimah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Jan Mustawfi Hirati, and Muʼtaman al-Sultan Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi Hirati, the son of Mirza Muhammad Hirati. The mahr is 300 tumans, of which 100 tumans is the price of gold and jewelry, 100 tumans is the price of carpets, bedding, and copper dishes, 50 tumans is the price of a Qurʼan, and 50 tumans is the price of an Abyssinian slave.
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1871
Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ahmad, and Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on July 16, 1871. The mahr includes 18 tumans cash, room's carpets worth 6 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth four tumans, part of a building in Shaykh Zayn al-Din neighborhood, and a piece of land. A note on the verso reads as follows: "The bride received the mahr and nothing more is owed to her except half of her share of her husband's inheritance, which will be given to her when her late husband's debts are paid. April 1, 1872." Another note on the...
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Asad Allah, 1879
Marriage contract of Gawhar Khanum (daughter of ʻAliriza Mustawfi) with Mirza Asad Allah (son of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi) in May or June 1879. Mahr includes 100 tumans, a Qurʼan, gold (ten tumans), copper containers made in Kashan, a carpet, a qalamkar bed covering, a female Ethiopian slave (40 tumans), one third of an herb shop, part of a farm land near Savah and its water right, one sixth of a house in andaruni, and one sixth of a farm house originally belonged to the groom's father, who transfers it to Mirza Asad Allah to be included in his wife's Mahr.
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Mahmud, 1887
Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Mahmud, the son of Muhammad Sadiq, dated December 1st, 1887. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth two tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 5 tumans, a carpet, a kilim worth 10 tumans, and three sixths of the properties inherited by the bridegroom. A note on the verso reads: "the record of Nanah Gawhar (the mother of our mother, Sakinah Khatun)'s mahr."
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Marriage contract between Khvurshid Khanum and Asad Allah, 1876
Marriage contract between Khvurshid Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, and Asad Allah, the son of Aqa Jaʻfar, dated December 18, 1876. The mahr includes 30 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering from Isfahan worth 4 tumans, room carpets including a rug and corner felt rugs worth 8 tumans, parts of lands and gardens, some properties in Vadasht, and one and a third walnut trees. On the verso: "after dividing the properties of Aqa Jaʻfar among his children, and calculating the shares of the bridegroom's brothers, one acre from the four acre lands of Aqa Taqi was settled for [fifteen] qafiz of the...
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