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Settlement between Khanum Bibi and Aqa Buzurg, 1884
"Khanum Bibi, wife of the deceased Aqa Sayyid Muhammad Jaʻfarabadi, has settled a piece of land in Jaʻfarabad, known as Chalah Zamin, to Aqa Buzurg, son of Aqa Sayyid ʻAbd al-Samad, for one man [three kilograms] of wheat and 100 dinars. It was also agreed that while Khanum Bibi is alive, the benefits and crops of the settled land belong to her, after which it would belong to Aqa Buzurg's sons. February 15, 1884."
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Karbalayi Sakinah's stipend, 1895 or 1896
The document reads: "I have received, for the stipend of Karbalayi Sakinah, the mother of ʻAli Akbar, 10 mans [each man is three kilograms] of barley, and I wrote this as a receipt of it." [on margin:] "Muqarrab al-Khaqan, the brother of the treasurer should give [the barley] as he has been told."
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Stipend of Sharaf al-Saltanah's representative, 1887
The document reads: "I, the library trustee of Astan-i Quds, state that the stipend of my wife (goods: three kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of wheat), who serves the Astan on behalf of Sharaf al-Saltanah, was received by Haji Mulla Muhammad ʻAli, the treasurer of Astan-i Quds. Sealed by: Abd al-Rahim al-Husayni, the library trustee"
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Stipend of Sharaf al-Saltanah's representative, 1889
The document reads: "Haji Mirza Abu al-Qasim Muʻin al-Atibbaʼ and Mulla Muhammad ʻAli, the treasurers of Astan-i Quds, received four tumans and three kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of wheat for the stipend of those who serve on behalf of Sharaf al-Saltanah"
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Stipends of Anis al-Dawlah and Sharaf al-Saltanah, 1884
Two documents, which read: "Mulla Muhammad ʻAli, the treasurer of Astan-i Quds, received four tumans and three kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of wheat for this year's stipend from Anis al-Dawlah" and "Mulla Muhammad ʻAli, the treasurer of Astan-i Quds, recived four tumans and three kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of wheat for this year's stipend from Sharaf al-Saltanah."
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Stipends, 1892
The document reads: "the stipends: [of] this year [from] Anis al-Dawlah, based on a receipt kept by Mirza Buzurg, who keeps the records: eight tumans in cash and six kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of goods; [from] Anis al-Dawlah, the servant of the holy shrine: four tumans in cash and three kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of goods; [from] Sharaf al-Saltanah, the servant of the holy shrine, who is the wife of Haji Mirza ʻAbd al-Rahim: four tumans in cash and three kharvars [one kharvar is 100 mans, roughly 300 kilograms] of goods."
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Table of payments in 1890 or 1891
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Table of payments in 1890 or 1891
Table of last year's payments by Mirza ʻAbd Allah, the head of the treasurers [of Astan-i Quds]: the document lists the stipends of women (including the children of the daughters of the deceased Haji Mirza Baba Muʻtamad al-Tawliyah and the grandchildren of Navvab Ashraf Haji Uktay Qaʼan Mirza, the daughter of Haji Mirza Ahmad Muʻtamad al-Tawliyah, and Fatimah Baygum], as well as of men in terms of cash and goods such as wheat and barley.
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Hajiyah Banafshah's stipend, 1882
Mirza Aqa Khan and Haji Mulla Muhammad ʻAli, the treasurers of Astan-i Quds, received the next year's stipend for Hajiyah Banafshah. The stipend includes: 50 mans of wheat [each man is three kilograms], and four tumans cash. On the margin, it is noted that the treasurers have given four tumans in cash and 50 mans of wheat to Hajiyah Banafshah when issuing the financial draft for the whole month of Rabiʻ al-Sani [20 February to 20 March], 1882.
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Settlement between Aqa ʻAbd al-Rasul and his wife, Khadijah Bibi, 1851
The document reads in part: Aqa ʻAbd al-Rasul has settled all his properties and belongings (except a part of a rice farm) to his wife, Khadijah Bibi (the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi) for 100 dinars and one man (3 kilograms) of wheat. Khadijah Bibi (daughter of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi) has additionally settled 40 tumans mahr to her husband, Aqa ʻAbd al-Rasul for 100 dinars and a man (three kilograms) of barley, December, 22, 1851.