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Marriage contract of Qamar and Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, 1918
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Mashhadi Muhammad ʻAli the warder, and Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the son of Mulla Samiʻ, with a mahr of 100 tumans and some gold. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife to divorce herself after forgiving half of her mahr (or all of it, if he cannot afford it) in the fifty years after the marriage if, for six consecutive months, the husband does not pay her four tumans and five thousand [dinars] for monthly household expenses.
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Divorce affidavit, 1851
The document reads: "It has been asked that those faithful and righteous people who are knowledgeable and benevolent testify that on September 6, 1851, I was present at Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad's house and Sara, known as Kuchak Khanum, the daughter of Mulla ʻAbd Allah Jadid al-Islam, was also present and transferred all of her mahr, which was 60 tumans and 20 misqal gold, to me and I divorced her instead and left the divorce contract by Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad." On the margin: "The wife mentioned was divorced by her husband in the presence of the claimant, foregoing her mahr. The divorce document...
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Marriage contract of Maryam Banu and Rajabʻali, 1835
Marriage contract of Maryam Banu, the daughter of ʻAli Akbar, and Rajabʻali, the son of Muhammad Riza. The mahr of 16 tumans includes four tumans cash which remains the groom's debt, 10 sheep worth two tumans and 5000 [dinars], five mans of copperware worth two-and-a-half tumans, five mans woolen cloth for five thousand [dinars], some gold for three tumans, and some silver for two tumans. The groom's father gifted seven tumans to him and the rest remains the groom's debt, to be paid upon the wife's demand.
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Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum and Mirza Fulad, 1828
Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Taqi, and Mirza Fulad, the son of Mirza Khvajah Muhammad Darmiyani, with a mahr of 150 tumans, which includes: water usage, gold and jewelry, some properties, part of a shop, carpets for covering two rooms. On verso, the mother of Mirza Ghulamriza has stated that she has given her son her properties and lands.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi, 1891
Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays, daughter of Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Mustawfi, and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi known as Badiʻ al-Shuʻara, son of Sadr al-Zakirin, with a mahr of 300 tumans, which includes: 60 tumans in cash paid to the bride, one of the twelve shares from a series of qanat in Nayshabur worth 150 tumans, a property worth 75 tumans, and some gold that remains the groom's debt. Gawhar, daughter of Haj Husayn Haj al-Haramayn, mother of Mulla Sulayman, signed to give permission to the transfer of the share of ʻAli Abad's farm.
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Copy of a marriage contract between Kulsum and Akhund Mulla Qasim, 1858
Copy of a marriage contract between Kulsum, daughter of Akhund Mulla Husayn, and Akhund Mulla Qasim, son of Karbalayi ʻAli Muhammad, with a mahr of 800 Nasiri rials, which includes: half a share of the twelve shares of Karizak farm, worth 40 tumans, part of a property in Nayshabur, worth 10 tumans, 16 tumans in cash for clothes, gold worth 8 tumans, six mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth six tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ and Mirza Muhammad Hadi, 1794
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Khadim, and Mirza Muhammad Hadi, son of Mirza Muhammad Mahdi, the treasurer of the shrine of Imam Riza, with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: five tumans in cash, some crimson gold for three tumans, 12 mans of copper worth three tumans, a room carpet worth three tumans, and a female slave worth six tumans.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah and Mulla Haj Muhammad, 1923
Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, and Mulla Haj Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Mulla ʻAli, with a mahr of 755 tumans, which includes: pieces of land, water usage right of qanat, part of a house, a carpet to cover a room, gold, silver, clothes, and copper. On March 25, 1928 the husband transferred the ownership of some pieces of land to his wife.
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Marriage contract of Zubaydah and Jaʻfar Quli, 1868
Marriage contract of Zubaydah, the daughter of Muhammad ʻAli the sheriff, and Jaʻfar Quli, the son of Husayn from Dih-i Naw. The mahr includes: five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, carpets to cover a room, sheep, two outfits to be bought, a house, silver and crimson gold, and pieces of lands.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad Baqir, 1826
Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Ustad Husayn Fakhkhar from Yazd, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Hasan (son of Zu al-Fiqar Naqi) with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: 10 shares of the shared ownership of a house (the ownership of which was divided into 80 shares), an outfit worth 10 tumans, two-and-a-half Shah-mans [each is six kilograms] of copper worth five tumans, gold, and a carpet for covering a room, worth five tumans. The groom's mother contributed the gold and the house, his father contributed the carpet, and the rest remain the groom's debt.