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Regarding divorce and reconciliation of Sakinah Khanum and Kazim Aqa, 1903
Kazim Aqa gives the power of attorney to divorce his wife, Sakinah (daughter of Aqa Kushi [?]), in exchange for her waiving her mahr; on August 10, 1914, Sakinah Khanum and Kazim Aqa reconciled
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Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, 1910
Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Mahdi, and Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin. The mahr is a Qurʼan manuscript valued at five tumans, forty tumans cash, fifteen misqals of pure red gold, six mans [unit of weight] of copperware, carpets and rugs worth twenty five tumans, qalamkar bedding worth six tumans, some pieces of land and orchards, and a walnut tree. These were transferred from Haj Zayn al-‘Abidin to his son, Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, and then became part of the mahr. In August 1911, several testimonies concerning the mahr were added.
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Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, 1925
Marriage contract of Qamar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Munshi Bashi, and Mirza Hasan Khan Mukarram al-Sultan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq Aqa the merchant from Kashan. The mahr is a Qurʼan, a Kashmir shawl, a diamond ring, and eight hundred tumans. Part of the mahr has been paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The conditions of the marriage contract are the following: for five years, Qamar Sultan Khanum has the right to divorce if her husband is absent for more than a year, or does not pay living expenses. The groom also promises that for fifty years he will...
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum and Sayyid Javad Aqa, 1916
Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Akhund Mulla Muhammad ʻAli Aqa Iʻtimad al-Zakirin, and Aqa Sayyid Javad Aqa, the son of Haji Sayyid Hasan from Isfahan. The mahr, which includes forty tumans, a gold ring worth five tumans, and a printed volume of the Qur’an priced at four thousand dinars, remains the groom's debt.
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Kubra Khanum's dowry registry, 1919
List of dowry items that Kubra Khanum, the daughter of Ibrahim Aqa the rice seller, has brought to her husband (Aqa Mukhtar)'s house, including household furnishings, clothing, and women's jewelry; Aqa Muhammad Sadiq and Mir ‘Ali Akbar Aqa have received the dowry on behalf of Aqa Mukhtar.
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Marriage contract of Taj Baygum and Ustad Abu al-Fath, 1909
Marriage contract of Taj Baygum, the daughter of Husayn‘ali, and Ustad Abu al-Fath, the son of Ustad Ujaq Quli from Dabuzarq. The mahr is fourteen tumans, of which a set of bedding and a samovar, worth six tumans, has been paid. The remaining eight tumans remain the groom's debt. A note on the margin reads, "Every year the husband should provide a certain amount of flour and cooked meat as well as clothing for the wife."
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Power of attorney to divorce Sakinah Khanum and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1916
Karbalayi Muhammad, son of Darvish, gives the power of attorney to the writer to divorce his consummated wife, Sakinah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Kushi [?]. She, too, gives the the power of attorney to the writer for waiving her mahr and divorcing her husband.
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Hamid al-Sultan to ‘Amid Lashkar, 1925
Letter and envelope with Hamid's seal, addressed to ‘Amid Lashkar the secretary of the army brigade; about: receiving the 26-tuman promissory note via Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Dilmaqan and delivering it to ‘Amid Lashkar's mother to pay off his debts; Habib Allah Sultan's nausea and dizziness due to breathing the gas from the kursi charcoal; baking homemade bread from flour and Sultan's order to bring wheat from the village; other issues regarding letters, Muqtadir's assignments, etc.; ‘Ali Asghar Khan's suggestion for ‘Amid Lashkar's marriage noted in Mirza Muhammad Khan's...
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Letter from Hamid al-Sultan, 1914
Envelope from Hamid al-Sultan sent from Urumiyah via Mashhadi Husayn Aqa to Hamid al-Sultan's house at Shahzadah's residence in Tabriz, dated August 26, 1914; the letter, dated August 25, probably to his wife, mentions: that he would let them know and send the cost of travel himself if he wanted them to come to Urumiyah; Dabir al-Sultan's departure toward Tabriz; a complaint that she does not write regularly; her request for a gold upper-arm bracelet for her sister, saying that he is sending eight tumans so she can give them to Sarkar ‘Illiyah to purchase one in Tabriz, as they have better...
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Testimony of people from Gavgan, 1917
Testimony of some people from Gavgan, confirming that Mashhadi Husayn left nothing behind for his daughters and that his sons, Mashhadi Habib and Ni‘mat Allah, were responsible for their two sisters. After fifteen years, they have collected fifteen tumans for their sister Sakinah Khatun's dowry. They testify that none of the inheritors of Mashhadi Husayn should have any future claims.
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