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Marriage contract of Sayyidah Layla and Ramazan ‘Ali, 1907
Marriage contract of Sayyidah Layla, daughter of Karbalayi Sayyid Husayn, and Ramazan ‘Ali, son of Ma‘sum. The mahr is one hundred and twenty-eight tumans for the bridal gift, gold coins, gold earrings, a gold talisman [illegible], two [illegible] gold rings, a gold necklace, and some women's clothes. The rest of the mahr remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage agreement of Khanum Sultan and Aqa ʻAbbas, 1922
Marriage agreement of Khanum Sultan, daughter of Karbalayi ʻAbd al-Samad son of the late Hasan from Khuzan, and Aqa ʻAbbas, son of Karbalayi Taqi son of ʻAbbas from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans, one-fourth of a residential building that belonged to the groom's father, located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, a property in Shamsabad that belonged to the groom's mother, a pair of gold earrings worth six tumans, plus six tumans and one-and-a-half mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool to make bedding.
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Marriage contract of Sughra and Riza, 1919
Marriage contract of Sughra, the underage daughter of Ghulam ‘Ali son of Haj Isma‘il, and Riza, son of the late ‘Ali son of Rajab from Muhammadabad. The mahr includes ten tumans, one-third of a residential building in Muhammadabad, ten tumans to buy copperware, ten tumans to buy rugs and a chest, three tumans to buy a gold ring, and seven tumans to buy exquisite women's clothes.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, 1916
Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum, daughter of Nazar ‘Ali (son of Haj Muhammad Husayn), and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, son of Muhammad Isma‘il (son of Muhammad Rahim [illegible]). The mahr is one hundred and seventy-six tumans and two thousand dinars. The groom gave sixty tumans of the mahr to the bride for buying a pair of gold earrings, some women's clothes, and some housewares including copperware, dishes, bathing towels, bedding, and [illegible]. The groom gave an additional ninety tumans of the mahr to the bride to buy a house anywhere that is considered appropriate. The rest of the mahr remains the...