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Mirza ‘Isa Khan and Khanum's list of expenses
List of expenses, including prices for cigarettes, sugar cubes, soaps, fabric, clothing, and shoes
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Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah to Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi
Zahra Sultan Nizam Mafi (‘Izzat al-Saltanah) writes to her sister, Ma‘sumah Nizam Mafi, asking her to send a photograph of Manizhah and promising to send a photograph of ‘Izzi. ‘Izzat al-Saltanah also advises her sister to send some of her servants to learn to make some dishes and desserts from the new, skilled chef hired by the Hazrat-i Ashraf household. She mentions that she, herself, is learning some recipes from the cooks in addition to the dessert recipes she learned in Hamadan. She finds this particularly helpful in Tehran, as the kitchen would be in the andarun and she does not...
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Taj al-Muluk Farmanfarma’iyan to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1935
Taj al-Muluk Farmanfarma’iyan writes to her mother Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, from Berlin, to pass along her father [‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar]'s last words: that he has faith in ‘Izzat al-Saltanah and that she should keep his children happy. Taj al-Muluk tells ‘Izzat al-Saltanah that she has promised this to her father on her mother's behalf. Then she talks about the illness of Afsar al-Saltanah and Khanum Vafa and all the sadness she is dealing with. She describes the kindness of her paternal uncle and her plans to have surgery on her nose and to remove her tonsils. She asks her...
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‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, 1935
‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar writes to his wife, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, from Berlin and tells her about the hardships of his train journey through Russia, his illness, and his plans to see doctors in Berlin.
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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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Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad Karkhayran, 1937
Marriage agreement of Fatimah, daughter of Mashhadi Karim son of ʻAli from Khuzan, and Ahmad Karkhayran from Khuzan, son of Ramazan ʻAli. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred tumans, a share of a house in Shamsabad, Khuzan, fifty tumans to buy land for the bride, and ten tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for wedding expenses, the bridal gift, and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Munavvar and Ibrahim, 1939
Marriage agreement of Munavvar, daughter of Fath Allah, son of Muhammad Baqir from Khuzan, and Ibrahim, son of Karbalayi Husayn Mubashir from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, one-sixth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, half of an acre of land in Khuzan, and eight tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, eight tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, rugs, the bridal gift, two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding, and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Humayun and Amir, 1928
Marriage agreement of Humayun, daughter of Karbalayi Riza son of Sadiq from Khuzan, and Amir, son of the late Haj Abu al-Hasan from Andan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, part of a house in Andan village, a share of water and a building in Andan, and seven misqals [unit of weight] of gold worth eighteen tumans. Ten tumans will additionally be paid for kitchen expenses and to buy a set of clothing.
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Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi and Husayn Qasri, 1941
Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi, daughter of ʻAbd al-Karim son of Muhammad Hashim from Khuzan, and Husayn Qasri, son of the late Mustafa from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, a share of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, one hundred tumans to buy land for the bride, and twenty tumans to buy gold and earrings. The groom's maternal grandmother, Hajiyah Fatimah, will transfer the ownership of one-sixth of the house mentioned in order for the groom to make a share of it part of the mahr. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid for...
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Bihjat Khanum's claim regarding her mahr and alimony, 1926
Bihjat Khanum, daughter of the late Sayyid Muhammad, gives the power of attorney to Sayyid Sulayman in order to claim alimony and her mahr from her husband Tahmasb Khan, son of the late ‘Ali Mirza. Her husband has not paid any alimony since they married two years ago. Ayatollah Muhammad Ja‘far approves Bihjat Khanum's claims and rules against Tahmasb Khan, the husband.
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