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Power of attorney for Khayr al-Nisaʼ's divorce, 1801
Khayr al-Nisaʼ, daughter of Baba Khan the enamel painter, gives power of attorney to Mulla Haj Muhammad. Mulla Haj Muhammad is to divorce her from her husband, Muhammad ʻAli (known as Aqa Baba), the son of Jaʻfar Jilawdar. She forgoes her mahr. The divorce vow was said on April 16, 1801.
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Marriage contract between Maryam Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1826
Marriage contract between Maryam Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Zayn al-ʻAbidin (son of Haji Mulla Rahim from Garmsir) and Muhammad Riza, the son of Aqa Ramazan. The mahr is 30 tumans and should be paid whenever the bride requests it. June 18, 1826.
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun and Haydar, 1821
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khatun, daughter of Najaf Afshar, and Haydar, son of Saʻid Fashandi, with a mahr of 20 tumans and one sixth of a house in Fashand.
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Marriage contract of Zinat [or Zaynab] Khatun and Haj Mulla Fazil
Marriage contract of Zinat [or Zaynab] Khatun, the daughter of Muhammad Aqa Muhammad Qasim, and Haj Mulla Fazil, with a mahr of 140 tumans.
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Affidavit, 1802
The document reads, in part: "It is stated that Gul Bibi, the wife of Sayyid Jaʻfar, was previously the wife of the deceased Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar. The deceased Mirza Abu al-Hasan had previously calculated the value of Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar's belongings and realized that all the properties were equal to Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar's wife's mahr and, based on shariʻah law, he had given them all to her. The affiants should write their names and seal this document so that it becomes valid. December 1802 or January 1803." On the margin, Jahan Banu and Hasan have testified as affiants."
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Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum and Mirza Fulad, 1828
Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Taqi, and Mirza Fulad, the son of Mirza Khvajah Muhammad Darmiyani, with a mahr of 150 tumans, which includes: water usage, gold and jewelry, some properties, part of a shop, carpets for covering two rooms. On verso, the mother of Mirza Ghulamriza has stated that she has given her son her properties and lands.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad Baqir, 1826
Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Ustad Husayn Fakhkhar from Yazd, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Hasan (son of Zu al-Fiqar Naqi) with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: 10 shares of the shared ownership of a house (the ownership of which was divided into 80 shares), an outfit worth 10 tumans, two-and-a-half Shah-mans [each is six kilograms] of copper worth five tumans, gold, and a carpet for covering a room, worth five tumans. The groom's mother contributed the gold and the house, his father contributed the carpet, and the rest remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum and Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, 1814
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad ʻAli, and Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, the son of Mirza Jaʻfar, with a mahr of: 12 tumans equal to some crimson gold, 12 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a carpet for two tumans, a set of bedding for one tuman, one sixth of a house located behind the jamiʻ mosque. On June 8, 1845, Sayyid Zayn al-ʻAbidin settled one third of a house, the household furnishings including tableware, carpets, and copper with Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum in exchange for her mahr.
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Marriage contract of Ruqiyah and Mir Ibrahim, 1812
Marriage contract of Ruqiyah, the daughter of Ghulam Husayn (son of Haj Qasim) and Mir Ibrahim, the son of Mir ʻAbd al-Rahim, with a mahr comprised of: a silk outfit worth 10 tumans, five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a carpet to cover a room, worth one tuman, 10 tumans cash to buy gold, 45 tumans to buy a house and properties.
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Marriage contract of Zaynab known as Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad ʻAli, 1827
Marriage contract of Zaynab, known as Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Naqi, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Muhammad Naqi, with a mahr consisting of: two outfits worth seven tumans, two Shah-mans [each of which is six kilograms] of copper worth four tumans, five tumans in gold, a carpet to cover a room, worth three tumans, six tumans in cash for a house, and a chest worth one tuman.