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Marriage contract between Ziba Khanum and Mirza ʻAli Muhammad Tabatabayi, 1881
Marriage contract between Ziba Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Musa, and Mirza ʻAli Muhammad Tabatabayi, the son of Mirza ʻAbd al-Karim, dated July/August 1881. The mahr is 170 tumans.
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Marriage contract between Nazanin Khanum and Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, 1904
Marriage contract between Nazanin Khanum and Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, dated June 9, 1904.The following pages only include part of the mahr, but included in it are a Qurʼan published by Rukn al-Mulk, 25 tumans, and 50 shahis.
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Marriage contract between Qamar Agha Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, 1925
Marriage contract between Qamar Agha Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, dated June 18, 1925. The mahr is 51 tumans, of which 1 tuman is the price of Qurʼan, and some gold.
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Marriage contract between Sakinah Sultan Khanum and ʻAli Aqa Bayg, 1867
Marriage contract between Sakinah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAbd Allah Bayg Afshar Qazvini, and ʻAli Aqa Bayg, the son of Husayn ʻAli Bayg Qarabaghi, dated July 13, 1867. The mahr is 260 tumans, of which the bride received 80 tumans and 180 tumans were charged to bridegroom. Of this 180 tumans, the value of 40 tumans was represented by the price of a female slave and 10 tumans were the price of a Qurʼan.
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Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, 1862
Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum, the daughter of Haji ʻAbd al-Rahim, and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, the son of Sarkhvush Khan, date June 23, 1862. The mahr includes part of the Kukah Kharaqan village in Qazvin, possession of which the bridegroom's father transferred to the bridegroom, one hundred tumans, and two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female, who were each valued at 25 tumans.
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Marriage contract between ʻAzra Khanum and Sayyid ʻAli, 1908
Marriage contract between ʻAzra Khanum and Sayyid ʻAli, the son of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir, dated September 21, 1908. The mahr includes a Qurʼan, 100 tumans, some raw green silk, 3 kilograms of dry starch, and some gold.
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Marriage contract between Kubra Khanum and Taqi Khan, 1925
Marriage contract between Kubra Khanum, the daughter of Hamzah ʻAli Bayg, and Taqi Khan (who works in municipality), the son of Yusuf Khan Tabrizi, dated May 2, 1925. The mahr is 130 tumans, of which the bride received 50 tumans and the Qurʼan and 80 tumans were charged to the bridegroom, a Qurʼan worth 5 tumans, a mirror, and a crystal base.
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Marriage contract between Hajiyah Jahan Sultan Khanum and Haji Muhammad Baqir, 1908
Marriage contract between Hajiyah Jahan Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Haji Muhammad Husayn, the broker from Isfahan, and Haji Muhammad Baqir, the son of Aqa Muhammad Taqi Isfahani, dated August 25, 1908. The mahr is 300 tumans, including a Qurʼan, some gold, and part of a house.
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Marriage contract between Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Amir Muhammad Hadi, 1859
Marriage contract between Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Amir Muhammad Hadi dated October 8, 1859. The mahr is 100 ashrafis, a Qurʼan worth 5 tumans, a female servant worth 40 tumans, and parts of some properties.
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Umm Salmah's endowment, 1794
Endowment for a garden, known as Bagh Zangi, in Abarqu village, near Yazd, and three sixths of a house and its possessions, by Umm Salmah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad ʻAli Mirza Khan Yazdi. After the property was rented out, the caretaker was to spend three tumans buying bread and raisins for the poor on the Ghadir feast, another three tumans on giving bread, dates, and raisins to the poor during fast-breaking in the month of Ramadan. Five thousand dinars were set aside in case a stranger were to die without anyone to bury them or supply the shroud. The document also dictates that...