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Endowment booklet of Tajmah
This booklet includes nine endowments
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Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891
Haji Hamzah Aqa, the merchant from Tabriz, has added the following articles to the will he had drawn up earlier: one, donating his Egyptian fur coat to the executor of his will; two, regarding his deceased wife: he had specified her mahr and her other rights in his will, but since her death, it was paid off in total, except for forty tumans for prayers on her behalf, for which he is still responsible. He has specified that after his death, they should pray for twenty-two years and three months on her behalf; third, regarding the fasts and prayers mentioned in the will: five years should be...
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Legal documents related to division of inheritance of Nanah Khanum and ‘Ali Asghar
Includes: 1- Karbalayi ‘Ali Asghar divides his belongings among his sons, ‘Ali and Husayn, and his wife, Nanah Khanum (the daughter of Murad ‘Ali), in exchange for six thousand dinars. The note on the margin emphasizes that Nanah Khanum has no rights over her mahr after this (1882); 2- Karbalayi ‘Ali Asghar, the son of Karbalayi Hasan, has made a will before his pilgrimage, dividing a third of his belongings among inhertors as well as allocating money for charity and prayer after his death. ‘Ali Asghar's daughters, Zaynab, Sara, Zahra, and Umm Layli, have settled with their brother, Husayn,...
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Question and answer from Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali about his mother's will, 1890
Query addressed to Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali about his mother's bequest, which according to him she had requested to be used for charity and prayers on her behalf. The writer is asking Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali whether she had an executor of the will. On the margin is written [by Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali?] that she had not chosen an executor, but Navvab Mirza Muhammad Husayn had been asked to take care of her will. On the back: "the document in which I inquired from Aqa Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali and he responded that the late mother had not appointed the [his?] brother to execute her will."
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Settlement of ‘Abd al-Muttalib's wife regarding her mahr, 1890
The late ‘Abd al-Muttalib owed his wife her mahr, which was 17 tumans. She willingly spent 7 tumans from this for charity and prayer on his behalf and the rest, in addition to her share of inheritance, was settled in exchange for two tumans.
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Sharaf al-Nisaʼ Baygum's endowment, 1860
Sharaf al-Nisaʼ Baygum, daughter of Haji Aqa Mirza and wife of Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, endows five shares of a Qanat in Na’in to Khanum and the other five for charity.
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Stipend of Layli, 1887-1888
Haji Mulla Muhammad ʻAli the treasurer received 2000 dinars and 10 mans [each man equals three kilograms] of bread to give to Layli, the wife of Haji Kalbʻali, for helping the poor in the month of Rabiʻ al-Sani 1305 AH [17 December 1887 to 14 January 1888].
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Stipend of the mother of Sayyid Hadi, 1887-1891
Haji the treasurer received 4000 dinars and 10 mans [each man is three kilograms] of bread to give to Sayyid Hadi's mother for helping the poor.
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Will and settlement of Mirza Ibrahim with his wife and children, 1877
Mirza Ibrahim the merchant, the son of Haj Mir Husayn, transfers all of his belongings, including his house, garden, the shops in Sarab, and the bath, to his three sons, Karbalayi Mir Aqa, Aqa Mir Baqir, and Aqa Mir Abu al-Qasim in exchange for a pair of leather shoes worth five thousand dinars and one man [unit of weight] of wheat, provided that he benefits from the income of the above properties while he is alive and that after his death, his sons pay one hundred tumans to his two daughters (fifty tumans each), Saltanat Khanum and Sitarah Khanum, and spend one hundred tumans on [Mirza...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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