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Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum and Aqa ‘Ali, 1900
Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Mahmud, and Aqa ‘Ali, the son of Aqa Muhammad Quli. The mahr is thirty-two tumans and bedding worth six tumans, which remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum and Mirza ‘Ali Asghar, 1898
Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali the apothecary, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali Asghar, the son of Haji Mirza Mahmud the merchant from Isfahan. The mahr is one hundred and ten tumans. According to a note on the margin, Fatimah Sultan Khanum is the granddaughter of Aqa Sayyid Ahmad Fakhr al-Hukama’, the personal physician of Muzaffar al-Din Shah.
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Letter
Regarding the marriage of the daughter of Muhtasham al-Mulk and son of Amjad al-Saltanah; Bashir al-Dawlah, head of the telegraph office, was present at the ceremony. The mahr is the village of Jayran.
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Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum and Muhammad Ja‘far, 1903
Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum, daughter of Haji Mahdi Tajir (merchant) from Salmas, and Muhammad Ja‘far, son of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin Tajir (merchant) from Salmas. The mahr is two hundred fifty tumans.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1900
Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sulayman Bayg, and Aqa Muhammad Riza, the son of Karbalayi Hasan. The mahr is twenty-five tumans and a gold ring worth one tuman, which remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum and Ghulam Riza Khan, 1905
Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum, the daughter of Muʻtamad al-Sultan Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, and Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, the son of Haji Aqa Muhammad Khan Amin al-Raʻaya. The mahr was twenty mans [unit of agricultural land] of a property and the use of water from a qanat, some pieces of land, as well as some rugs, copperware, bedding, and gold worth six hundred tumans in total. On verso, it is noted that Hajar Khanum transferred the money to Aqa Mirza ʻAli Aqa, the son of Haji Muhammad Riza to use as he sees fit on September 9, 1927.
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Marriage contract of Rubab Sultan Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Isma‘il, 1897
Marriage contract of Rubab Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Fath Allah the accountant, and Aqa Muhammad Isma‘il, the son of Mashhadi Muhammad the cloak-seller. The mahr is eighty tumans and a gold ring worth two tumans.
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Power of attorney to divorce Fatimah Baygum and Isma‘il, 1903
Isma‘il, son of Muhammad ‘Ali, gives the power of attorney to the writer to divorce his consummated wife, Fatimah Baygum (daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad), in exchange for her waiving her mahr
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Will of Haji Mahdi Aqa, 1904
Haji Mahdi Aqa the merchant from Salmas, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Karim the merchant, has assigned his nephew, Haji Mirza Aqa Muhammad Riza the merchant, as the executor of his will and Haji ‘Ali Aqa the merchant as the overseer. They are responsible for paying his debts and determining one-third of his belongings to be spent on the religious expenses of his will. The interest from the rest of his belongings goes to all the inheritors for ten years, after which the land will belong to his older sons and his daughters will be able to reside in the houses within the gardens. The younger sons...
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Settlement of Baygum Khanum and her husband, 1903
Includes three documents: 1- Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, gifts her mahr and dowry to her husband, Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Iskandar Khan Yavar known as Haji Khan, in exchange for a shawl and some crystal candy. She has also made him responsible for spending one-third of her belongings for religious obligations after her death; 2- Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Iskandar Khan Yavar known as Haji Khan transfers some parts of his property to his wife, Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, in exchange for a pair of socks and some crystal candy; 3- Baygum Khanum settles all...