Marriage contract between Nuzhat Baygum, the daughter of Haji Muhammad Khan, and Riza Quli Khan, dated March 17, 1920. The mahr is 370 tumans, of which the bride received 120 tumans and the rest was charged to the bridegroom.
Marriage contract between Khadijah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Kuchak Bayg, and Mashhadi ʻAli Muhammad, dated January 5, 1923. The mahr is 135 tumans and a Qurʼan, of which the bride received 50 tumans and 85 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
Marriage contract between Farkhundah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, dated December 11, 1919. The mahr is 81 tumans, of which 1 tuman is the price of a Qurʼan, 30 tumans were received by the bride, and 51 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
Marriage contract between Nusrat Baygum, the daughter of Mulla Akbar, and Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahhab, the son of Mulla Baqir, dated November 12, 1913. The mahr is 700 tumans, of which the bride received 400 tumans, one hundred tumans were charged to the bridegroom, and the rest was a property in Shadabakht farm.
Marriage contract between Taj Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Hasan Khan Tihrani, and Mirza Yahya Khan Damavandi, the son of Haji Mirza Yahya, dated May 1, 1912. The mahr is 500 tumans, including a Qurʼan worth 10 tumans. The document notes that the bride received 150 tumans.
Marriage contract between Sadiqah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Mahmud Shirazi, and Mirza Aqa Khvurshidabadi Zarandi, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad, dated July 16, 1920. The mahr is 50 tumans, of which the bride received 20 tumans and 30 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
Marriage contract between Sayyidah Maʻsumah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ismaʻil, and Shaykh ʻAbd al-Razzaq the preacher, the son of Shaykh Muhammad the preacher, dated November 1, 1911. The mahr is 31 tumans.
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.
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.
Marriage contract between Bibi Zahra Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Haj Mirza Habib, and Sayyid Hasan, the son of Haji Sayyid Husayn, dated November 19, 1921. The mahr includes parts of a property and some land in Ashkazar, a carpet, some clothing, a mirror, copper containers, a chest, a chador, and some red gold. The items listed in the mahr were valued at 100 tumans.
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