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Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum and Aqa Rahim, 1925
Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum, daughter of Husayn the broker, and Aqa Rahim, son of Karim the shoemaker, including the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, 1925
Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Munshi Bashi, and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq Aqa the merchant from Kashan. The mahr is a Qurʼan, a Kashmir shawl, a diamond ring, and eight hundred tumans. Part of the mahr has been paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The conditions of the marriage contract are the following: for five years, Qamar Sultan Khanum has the right to divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year, or does not pay living expenses. The groom also promises that for fifty years he will...
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Settlement regarding divorce, 1933
Mir Muhsin Aqa from Ardabil has the power of attorney from his daughter, Halimah Khanum, to settle the following with her husband, Karbalayi Asad Allah, the son of the late Murad ‘Ali from Ardabil: half of her mahr, which includes seventy five tumans, four misqals of gold, and a Qur’an (valued at twelve thousand dinars) in exchange for Halimah Khanum's clothing and other belongings; he also settles the other half of the mahr as well as Halimah Khanum's rights according to Shari‘a in exchange for the divorce; she shall not have any claims regarding her mahr or remuneration.
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Marriage agreement of Nawbar Agha and Sayyid Fath Allah, 1931
Marriage agreement of Nawbar Agha, daughter of Muhammad Husayn from Furushan, and Sayyid Fath Allah, son of Mirza ʻAbd Allah from Khuzan. The mahr is one hundred and twenty-five tumans, twenty-five tumans of which is cash, fifty tumans is to buy a house for the bride, and fifty tumans is to buy clothes, rugs, and other necessities.
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Marriage agreement of Fatimah Baygum and Mashhadi ʻAli, 1930
Marriage agreement of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Mashhadi Murtaza son of the late ʻAbd Allah from Khuzan, and Mashhadi ʻAli, son of the late Nazar ʻAli from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-fourth of a house in the Sixth Bustan neighborhood of Khuzan, half of an acre of land, fifty tumans to buy land for the bride, and three misqals [unit of weight] of gold worth eight tumans. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for the bridal gift, one set of women's clothes, and two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool.
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Marriage contract of Mawlud Khanum and Isma‘il, 1926
Marriage contract of Mawlud Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Sadiq ‘Attar, and Isma‘il, son of Sadiq, specifying the amount of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan and Mulla Ghulamhusayn, 1932
Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan, the daughter of Habib, and Mulla Ghulamhusayn, the son of Mulla Nazar ʻAli, with a mahr of: some pieces of land, five local mans of copper worth seven tumans, ten mans of kilims and felt worth 10 tumans, two outfits to be bought for six tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, 50 tumans that remain the groom's debt, and two sixths of an inherited house. The husband gave power of attorney for his wife to divorce herself if he does not pay his wife the monthly alimony of 15 qirans for three years (due to travel or absence from home) in the 50 years after...
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Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum and Qadam‘ali, 1927
Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, and Qadam‘ali, the son of Aqa ‘Ali. The mahr is eighty nine tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: one-sixth of a house, some shares of water (worth 20 tumans), a set of bedding (10 tumans), rugs (15 tumans), copperwares (5 tumans), and a cow (five tumans). These amount to seventy seven tumans from the mahr in total, and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Sharaf Aqa and Mulla Lutf Allah, 1928
Marriage contract of Sharaf Aqa, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Mahdi, and Mulla Lutf Allah, the son of Mulla Aqa Mirza. The mahr is twenty six tumans, a Qur’an (valued at one tuman), two-sixths of their house of residence, a portion of land, a set of bedding from Isfahan, some copperware from Isfahan, a rug, and a piece of clothing for a wedding. The above items, except the Qur’an and the money, amount to a total of forty five tumans, which remains the groom's debt. The note on the margin says: the house, the land, the copperware, and the rug were settled for thirty five tumans and the rest...
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Settlement over mahr and alimony, 1928
Settlement of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Rasul, his father (Haji Nasr Allah), and his daughter (Khanum Zaman) with Haj Muhammad Riza Tajir [the merchant], son of the late Mashhadi ‘Ali Akbar from Shiraz, over Khanum Zaman's alimony and mahr (which includes items listed, worth from one tuman to two thousand tumans) for ten tumans and some Russian hard sugar; then Haji Muhammad Riza triple-divorced Khanum Zaman.
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