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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 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 Tuti Khanum and Bakhsh‘ali, 1895

Marriage contract of Tuti Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Husayn Kufayi from Rudbunah, and Bakhsh‘ali, son of Mashhadi Husayn from Rudbunah. The mahr is seventy-nine tumans and seven thousand five hundred dinars, clothes, jewelry, gold and copper, and [illegible] bridal gift. Tuti Khanum settled part of her mahr with her husband, and the rest remains the husband's debt.
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Letters, 1904

The first letter, dated March 10, 1904, is about departing from Pusht-i Misar, getting the list of pottery makers from Haji Mirza Yahya, the well-being of people of the andarun, whose letters are enclosed, Aqa Isma‘il Aqa's recovery and the decrease of the epidemic in the city, the rain and cooling of the weather, and requesting an almond-shaped agate seal. Another letter, in which the writer refers to the addressee's letter from the previous month, is about Aqa Kuchak's recovery and the decrease of the epidemic, the Shah's visit to the city for the Salam ceremony, sending four mans [unit...
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Letters from Nizam al-Saltanah to Riza Quli Khan Mafi

Letters from Husayn Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi to his nephew Riza Quli Khan Nizam al-Saltanah Mafi regarding the political situation of the country; his marital life; requesting food from Tehran; sending a horse to Sardar Arfa‘; sending Qavam al-Dawlah's documents; the cook's complaints and the price of goods; management and selling of his property to pay for his debts; the animosity of ‘Ali Asghar Khan Atabak Amin al-Sultan; his intention to travel to England; his son, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan and his travel to Belgium; insecurity in the borders of Azarbayjan; his relations with the...

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