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Power of attorney to collect daughter's mahr, 1920
Power of attorney given by Humayun Sultan, wife of the late Haji Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad and daughter of the late Aqa Mirza from Shiraz, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of the late Haji Muhammad from Shiraz, for the duration of three lunar months in order to collect her daughter (Bibi Sakinah Baygum)'s mahr, which has been transferred to Humayun Sultan via a settlement, from her daughter's husband Mashhadi ‘Ali Akbar
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Dividing properties of the late Mirza ‘Abd al-Razzaq among his inheritors, 1910
Properties of the late Mirza ‘Abd al-Razzaq are divided among his inheritors, including the shares of Maryam Baygum, ‘Izzat Baygum, and Aqa Sayyid Hasan
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Deposition about recording a marriage, 1910
Sayyid Ahmad A‘mi [the blind] from Kazirun, son of Mirza Kuchak from Kazirun, testifies about his presence at the marriage ceremony between the late Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, daughter of Haji Muhammad Hasan the merchant, and Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haji Muhammad Hasan, in August of 1904. The mahr was one hundred tumans and a volume of the Qur’an. Shaykh Lutf Allah, son of Haj Shaykh ‘Ali Muhammad, was the other witness to the marriage present at the Imam's courthouse.
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Power of attorney to get mahr and alimony, 1914
Power of attorney given by Bibi Shawkat Sultan, daughter of Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the junk seller] and permanent wife of Ibrahim Bazzaz [the draper], to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, known as Saham al-Shari‘ah, in order to get her alimony, cost of clothing, and mahr from her husband, Ibrahim, and his mother
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Petition of Haji Husayn ‘Ali about his daughter's mahr and alimony, 1915
Petition written by Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ayatollah Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husayni, about the debt of his daughter's husband to him. The debt is eighty tumans of mahr and three years of alimony, which his daughter transferred to him in another settlement. At the end, the receiver of the petition writes that Ibrahim hasn't paid his debt yet, and the wife can get divorce based on Shari‘ah (with the father acting on her behalf).
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Power of attorney to get inheritance and mahr, 1919
Power of attorney given by Khanum Batul, daughter of the late Darvish Khan and wife of the late ‘Aziz Khan, to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah in order to get her rights from Sultan Khanum, mother of ‘Aziz Khan, including her mahr and her inheritance (one-eighth of ‘Aziz Khan's possessions), along with the past due rent and current rent of the house, some stores, and a store located in Darvazah Sa‘di
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Power of attorney, 1919
Khanum Zaman gives the power of attorney to Nusrat al-Atibba’ [her father] in order to hire a lawyer to resolve the dispute with Mahdi Quli Khan (Khanum Zaman's husband), to receive Khanum Zaman's mahr and alimony, and to divorce her from him. On the margin, Nusrat al-Atibba’ gives the power of attorney to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin.
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Power of attorney to obtain a woman's mahr, 1909
A woman has given the power of attorney to Karbalayi Amr Allah to obtain her mahr, alimony, and other expenses from her husband, Haji Muhammad Ibrahim (Mashhadi Kazim's son)
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Settlement between Agha Tikkah Khanum and her husband Fath Allah, 1907
Settlement between Agha Tikkah Khanum (daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad from Shiraz) and her husband, Fath Allah (son of the late Haji Abu al-Qasim son of Haji Rustam Anbar-dar [storage keeper]), over one-fourth of the late Haji Abu al-Qasim's inheritance (which includes Agha Tikkah Khanum's mahr of sixty tumans and also an additional one thousand tumans) for one hundred and twenty tumans, and an additional charik [unit of weight] of sugar cubes as the cost of detriment.
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...