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Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Sayyid Riza, 1888
Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Muhammad, and Sayyid Riza, son of Sayyid Muhammad Salih. The mahr is two hundred sixty-two and one-half riyals. The bride settled with the groom, exchanging two-and-a-half riyals of the mahr for five misqals [unit of weight] of gold.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Fatimah Sultan and Karbalayi Asad Allah, 1915
Marriage contract of Bibi Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad, and Karbalayi Asad Allah, son of Karbalayi Isma‘il. The mahr includes thirty tumans and three misqals of gold, which remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan and Ustad Muhammad Naqi, 1912
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan, daughter of ‘Ali Muhammad the felt-maker, and Ustad Muhammad Naqi [or Muhammad Taqi] the hat-maker, son of Ustad Husayn the hat-maker. The mahr is twenty-six tumans and fifty shahis, which includes two hundred and sixty-two riyals, one Qurʼan worth one tuman, and two misqals [unit of weight] of goldware.
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Marriage contract of Taj Mah Sultan and Muhammad Riza, 1895
Marriage contract of Taj Mah Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, and Muhammad Riza, son of Muhammad Hasan. The mahr is thirty tumans, a part of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Isfahan, and two misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry.
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Marriage contract of Sharaf Nisa’ Khanum and Imam Virdi Bayg, 1719
Marriage contract of Sharaf Nisa’ Khanum, daughter of Mirza Baqir Durmini, and Imam Virdi Bayg, son of Haj Muhammad Hasan Durmini. The mahr is forty tumans. The groom additionally agreed to buy some goldware worth ten tumans for the bride whenever he could afford it. With his father's consent, the groom transferred the ownership of one-sixth of his parents' residential building to the bride as part of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ and Ramazan ‘Ali, 1863
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’, daughter of the late Karbalayi ‘Abd al-‘Ali from Haji Mahal neighborhood of Lahijan, and Ramazan ‘Ali, son of Mirza Baba Muhammad from Lahijan. The mahr is sixty-six tumans and three thousand three hundred fifty dinars to buy Baghdadi wrapping cloth, some women's clothes, a gold ring, a gold talisman, and eight gold coins. The rest of the mahr as cash. On the margin: "The bride settled with her brother, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali, exchanging twenty tumans for a set of clothes."
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Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum and ʻAli, 1885
Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad from Fushazdah, and ʻAli, the oldest son of Ramazan from Dumchal. The mahr includes fifty-one tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, some women's clothes and accessories, and some gold.
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Marriage contract of Hajiyah Banu and Husayn Lakmah Sari, 1921
Marriage contract of Hajiyah Banu, daughter of Qurban‘ali Ishka’i, and Husayn from Lakmah Sar, son of Mashhadi Safar‘ali. The mahr is twenty-two tumans and five qirans, to be spent on clothes, two gold coins, a gold ring, and the rest remains [the groom's debt].
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun and Muhammad Husayn, 1852
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun known as Khanum Jun, daughter of Ustad Aqa, and Muhammad Husayn, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Sarraf. The mahr is twenty tumans. The groom settled one-twelfth of his residential property located behind the Shah ‘Ali Bath, transferred to him by his mother, in exchange for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat with the bride, all of which was subtracted from the mahr. The groom additionally agreed to buy five misqals [unit of weight] of red gold and three mans [unit of weight] of copperware for the bride. The personal seal of the groom's...
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Marriage contract of Khadijah and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, 1827
Marriage contract of Khadijah, daughter of Muhammad Husayn, and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, son of Muhammad Hadi. The mahr is fifty tumans. The groom settled ten tumans of the mahr with the bride in exchange for one-twelfth of a residential building in Sultan Sanjar neighborhood. The rest of the mahr remains the groom's debt. The groom additionally promised to buy ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold and ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware for the bride without asking anything in return.