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Marriage contract of Halimah and ʻAbd Allah, 1874
Marriage contract of Halimah, the daughter of Rajab, and ʻAbd Allah, son of Sayyid Muhammad, with a mahr of five tumans, which remains the groom's debt.
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Fatimah Khanum's settlement, 1857
"Hereby, [I] Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of the deceased Aqa Ibrahim, have settled, for five tumans, whatever rights I had [in divorce] to my mahr and the household furnishing minus, Ihram clothing and a golden korsi duvet that were given for the child. The other condition is that until the child is with the mother, the money for the child's expenses, which is 3000 in the present currency, should be paid on a monthly basis. September 16, 1857."
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Marriage contract of Mina Baygum and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, 1855
Marriage contract of Mina Baygum, the daughter of Abu al-Hasan, and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, the son of Ustad Aqa Baba, with a mahr of 60 tumans, which includes: 50 tumans manat, a set of bedding worth four tumans, a ewer and basin worth two tumans, two trays worth three tumans, and a lamp worth one tuman.
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Divorce affidavit, 1851
The document reads: "It has been asked that those faithful and righteous people who are knowledgeable and benevolent testify that on September 6, 1851, I was present at Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad's house and Sara, known as Kuchak Khanum, the daughter of Mulla ʻAbd Allah Jadid al-Islam, was also present and transferred all of her mahr, which was 60 tumans and 20 misqal gold, to me and I divorced her instead and left the divorce contract by Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad." On the margin: "The wife mentioned was divorced by her husband in the presence of the claimant, foregoing her mahr. The divorce document...
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Settlement of properties inherited from Zaynab Bibi, 1858
After the death of Zaynab Bibi (the daughter of ʻAbd al-Rasul and wife of Aqa Mirza known as Aqa ʻAbd al-Saniʻ), all of her belongings and properties were transferred to her husband because she had no children with him. He owned them for a while, after which he settled his ownership rights to these properties to Sayyid Muhammad, the son of Sayyid Jaʻfar, for 12 tumans. February 28, 1858.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi, 1891
Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays, daughter of Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Mustawfi, and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi known as Badiʻ al-Shuʻara, son of Sadr al-Zakirin, with a mahr of 300 tumans, which includes: 60 tumans in cash paid to the bride, one of the twelve shares from a series of qanat in Nayshabur worth 150 tumans, a property worth 75 tumans, and some gold that remains the groom's debt. Gawhar, daughter of Haj Husayn Haj al-Haramayn, mother of Mulla Sulayman, signed to give permission to the transfer of the share of ʻAli Abad's farm.
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Settlement of ʻAbd al-Rasul Khaliki with his wife, Khadijah Bibi, 1854
Settlement of ʻAbd al-Rasul Khaliki with his wife, Khadijah Bibi, in which he settles a piece of land for 100 dinars and a man [each man is three kilograms] of wheat with her, so that after his death she will, with the knowledge of Mirza Hasan Kavardi and Sayyid Muhammad Jaʻfarabadi, spend 15 tumans for his funeral and to pay for his lapsed prayers, fasts, and other religious duties. The wife also settled all of the forty tumans of her mahr with her husband.
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Copy of a marriage contract between Kulsum and Akhund Mulla Qasim, 1858
Copy of a marriage contract between Kulsum, daughter of Akhund Mulla Husayn, and Akhund Mulla Qasim, son of Karbalayi ʻAli Muhammad, with a mahr of 800 Nasiri rials, which includes: half a share of the twelve shares of Karizak farm, worth 40 tumans, part of a property in Nayshabur, worth 10 tumans, 16 tumans in cash for clothes, gold worth 8 tumans, six mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth six tumans.
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Karbalayi Hasan and Mulla ʻAbbas, 1893
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Marriage contract of Zubaydah and Jaʻfar Quli, 1868
Marriage contract of Zubaydah, the daughter of Muhammad ʻAli the sheriff, and Jaʻfar Quli, the son of Husayn from Dih-i Naw. The mahr includes: five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, carpets to cover a room, sheep, two outfits to be bought, a house, silver and crimson gold, and pieces of lands.