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Group portrait
According to the inscription, the following are pictured (from left): standing: Aqa Mardak Khan, Agha ‘Abd Allah Khan, Agha Davud Khvajah; seated: Agha Muhammad Khan, the son of Fakhr al-Mulk, Habib Allah Khan, Jalal al-Mulk, Muhammad ‘Alikhan, Hajib al-Dawlah, and Tavvab ‘Azud al-Dawlah; the inscription reads: "the day of the Ash (soup) making ceremony at Surkhah Hisar, October 15, 1892."
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum and Aqa Nazar ‘Ali, 1894
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Ishaq, and Aqa Nazar ‘Ali, the son of Karbalayi ‘Ali Muhammad. The mahr is forty tumans, of which twenty eight tumans has been settled with the following: part of the groom's father's house, some bedding, a rug, some copperware, parts of a building in a garden, and a dress set for the wedding. The remaining twelve tumans from mahr remains the groom's debt. Prior to this contract, the father of the groom had settled the mentioned properties to his son in exchange for one hundred dinars.
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Dowry registry of Gawhar Khanum, 1873
Dowry registry of Gawhar Khanum, daughter of the late Haji Muhammad Hasan, including tableware, kitchenware, household furnishings, bedding, carpets, clothing, and bath accessories
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Settlement over ‘Abd Allah Nuri's inheritance, 1883
Settlement of Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan Nuri's children and their mother, Bibi Khanum Jan (from Shiraz), with Maryam (from Tehran), the other wife of Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan Nuri and her children, over the deceased Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan Nuri's inheritance
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Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah from one of his wives, 1873 or 1874
She complains about Nasir al-Din Shah's harsh response to her requesting to get back her tea and coffee set from Mahd-i ‘Ulya. She mentions Nasir al-Din Shah's different manner toward his other wife, Shams al-Dawlah. At the end, she pleads again to send Haji Sa‘id to get her tea and coffee set, which she needs in order to pay her debts.
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Dowry registry, 1875
A dowry registry, which was taken to Mirza Sayyid Hasan's house. It includes furniture brought by his wife as her dowry and those items brought from his own house as part of the mahr.
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Three settlements of Haj Habib Allah, 1882, 1883, and 1884
The first document, dated 1882, is a copy of the settlement between Haj Habib Allah, son of the late Haj Mirza ʻAbd Allah, and his sister, Mahi Khanum, transferring the ownership of Mahi Khanum's belongings, including silverware, furniture and goods, land and housing, clothes and fabric, etc. in exchange for a pair of gold bracelets, a knife, and fourteen shahis. The second settlement, dated 1883, is between Haj Habib Allah and his two underaged sons, Muhammad Husayn and Murtaza Quli, transferring the ownership of what he inherited from his sister, Mahi Khanum, in exchange for a knife and...
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Dowry registry of Zivar Khanum, 1894
Dowry registry of Zivar Khanum, daughter of the late Aqa Mirza Ishaq Khan and wife of Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali Mirza, including a copy of the Qur’an, silver and goldware, kitchenware, glassware, copperware, curtains and fabric, bath accessories, groom and bride attires, men and women's clothing, and carpets
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Settlement between Ma‘sumah Khanum and her husband, 1880
Settlement between Ma‘sumah Khanum, daughter of the late Muzaffar al-Dawlah, and her husband, Hamid Mirza Yavar [artillery colonel], over her paternal inheritance for one charik [unit of weight] nabat. On June 4, 1880, Hamid Mirza Yavar transferred all the inheritance to Ma‘sumah Khanum for some nabat [crystal sugar] and one misqal [unit of weight] of silver.
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Dowry registry, 1888
Dowry registry of the daughter of Mu’taman al-Sultan Aqa-yi Amin al-Kuttab and wife of Mirza Mas‘ud Khan, including silver and goldware, kitchenware, glassware, copperware, curtains, bedding, fabric, bath accessories, clothing, and carpets
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