Marriage contract of Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Riza the merchant, and Mirza Asad Allah, with a mahr of 200 tumans that remains on groom's debt. The condition of granting the wife the right to determine the location of their residence was removed from the contract's conditions.
Temporary marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of ʻAli Akbar Farizi, and Ustad Mirza, the son of Muhammad ʻAli the mason from Mashhad, for a month. The mahr is three tumans. During this time, the husband has to pay for the wife's living expenses.
Marriage contract of Yalda, known as Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad ʻAbbas, and Lavan Khan Sarhaddi, with a mahr of 30 tumans. A person named ʻAbd al-Husayn writes to Mulla Muhammad that because Yalda was from the latter's region (Sistan), he would send the marriage contract to him so that he could write two copies of it, keeping one and sending the other one back to himself sealed.
Marriage contract of Fatimah Bibi, the daughter of Mashhadi ʻAli Akbar, and Muhammad Taqi, the son of Mashhadi Asad Allah, with a mahr of 70 tumans. The wife has received 20 tumans, and the rest will be paid to her upon her request, if the husband can afford it.
Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Mashhadi Muhammad ʻAli the warder, and Shaykh Muhammad Hasan, the son of Mulla Samiʻ, with a mahr of 100 tumans and some gold. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife to divorce herself after forgiving half of her mahr (or all of it, if he cannot afford it) in the fifty years after the marriage if, for six consecutive months, the husband does not pay her four tumans and five thousand [dinars] for monthly household expenses.
Marriage contract of Khanum Jan, the daughter of Salar Muhammad (son of Ghulamʻali from Juymand), and Karbalayi ʻAli, the son of Ishaq from Rashkhvar, with a mahr of: two-sixths of a house bought by Salar Muhammad, an outfit to be bought for eight tumans, five mans of copper worth six tumans, carpets to cover a room, worth six tumans, and a set of bedding worth five tumans. Five tumans remain groom's debt.
Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, and Mulla Haj Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Mulla ʻAli, with a mahr of 755 tumans, which includes: pieces of land, water usage right of qanat, part of a house, a carpet to cover a room, gold, silver, clothes, and copper. On March 25, 1928 the husband transferred the ownership of some pieces of land to his wife.
Marriage contract of Saltanat, the daughter of Haj ʻAbd Allah, and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, the son of Zabih Allah, dated May 15, 1915. The mahr is 160 tumans and includes: the use of water from two sources worth 50 tumans, one third of a garden's profits worth 20 tumans, a house located where the groom lives worth five tumans, two outfits worth ten tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, a carpet worth ten tumans, three mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth eight tumans, sheep worth 12 tumans, and 40 tumans in cash. The wife, Saltanat Khanum, has settled part of the marriage...
Marriage contract of Rubab, the daughter of Karbalayi ʻAli Akbar, and Ghulamriza Bayg, the son of Abu Talib Bayg Mudi, with a mahr of 120 tumans, which includes: two shares of water usage from a qanat, worth 30 tumans, a house in the district where the groom lives worth 30 tumans, a carpet and felt worth 10 tumans, 10 old Qa'inat mans of copper worth 10 tumans, 10 sheep worth 10 tumans, two silk outfits worth seven tumans, a walnut tree worth 10 tumans, a feather cushion and a set of bedding worth 10 tumans, and gold and silver worth three tumans.
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