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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.
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Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum and Haji Baba, 1897
Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza, and Haji Baba, the son of Abu al-Hadi Nasr Abadi, dated October 25, 1897. The mahr is a mirror, 10 tumans for the price of a chest, some copperware, a carpet, some clothing, one sixth of a house, and an orchard. The bridegroom's father gave the mahr (short five tumans) to the bride.
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Marriage contract between Khadijah Sultan and Muhammad Husayn, 1902.
Marriage contract between Khadijah Sultan (daughter of Karbalayi Abu al-Qasim) with Muhammad Husayn (son of Mulla ʻAli Akbar) on October 30, 1902. Mahr includes 50 tumans and one-sixth of a house in Qum's district of Shahzadah Hamzah Mirza.
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Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1897
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, with Muhammad Karim, son of Mirza Rahim, on January 28, 1897. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth 2 tumans, fifteen tumans cash, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 2 tumans and five thousand dinars, a carpet kilim and a pair of felt rugs worth five tumans, and one sixth of the houses that belong to the bridegroom's father. Note: part of the aforementioned properties were inherited by the bridegroom from his late mother and the rest was transferred to him from his father. The note on the verso reads: "a record of the mahr...
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Marriage contract of Amirah Baygum Khanum and Mirza Abu al-Qasim Khan, 1903
Marriage contract of Amirah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Abu al-Qasim Khan, the son of Fazl Allah Khan. The mahr includes 50 tumans cash, a ring worth 100 tumans, and a roll of shawl worth 50 tumans, which were received by the bride, and a piece of farming land and its water use, with a combined value of 500 tumans. Thus, the mahr totals 700 tumans, which was given to the bride was with the permission and approval of the groom's father, who was present at the session, gave his permission, and confirmed the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906
Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom's father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of...
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Marriage contract of Fatimah and Ghulamriza, 1902
Marriage contract of Fatimah, known as Khanum Jan, the daughter of Husayn ‘Ali Akbar Paykani, and Ghulamriza, the son of ‘Ali ‘Abdul; the mahr includes: twelve tumans, three mans of copperware, two mans of Arabian kilim, a set of Isfahani chintz bedding, two sets of women's outfits, one made of silk and the other of Isfahani chintz, and the price of a building originally valued at two tumans, and the price of a building originally valued at two tumans, but which both parties agreed was worth three tumans of the original mahr and twenty-five Tasujs [unit of weight] of wheat.
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Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum and Ghulam Riza Khan, 1905
Marriage contract of Hajar Khanum, the daughter of Muʻtamad al-Sultan Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, and Aqa Ghulam Riza Khan, the son of Haji Aqa Muhammad Khan Amin al-Raʻaya. The mahr was twenty mans [unit of agricultural land] of a property and the use of water from a qanat, some pieces of land, as well as some rugs, copperware, bedding, and gold worth six hundred tumans in total. On verso, it is noted that Hajar Khanum transferred the money to Aqa Mirza ʻAli Aqa, the son of Haji Muhammad Riza to use as he sees fit on September 9, 1927.
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Marriage contract of Mirza Shafiʻ Khan and Fatimah Khanum
Marriage contract between Mirza Shafiʻ Khan, son of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan, and Fatimah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza Khan Saraydar Bashi. The mahr includes a share in the village of Karkan Arak, 600 tumans (of which 100 tumans is the purchase price of a female domestic), a Qur’an written in the hand of Mirza Shafiʻ Tabrizi, pearl prayer beads [tasbih], and other gifts given to the bride by the father of the groom. Bride's father also gifted another share of the same village to the groom.
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Marriage contract of Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum and Nasr Allah Khan Qajar, 1898
Marriage contract of Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Mahdi Khan (son of Vakil al-Mulk), and Nasr Allah Khan Qajar, son of Muhammad Husayn Khan (son of Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Qajar from Kirman); mahr is one thousand one hundred and ten tumans. At the same time, Nasr Allah Khan settled with Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum over a share of water in a property in Chamak, Isfandaqah worth one thousand tumans, as part of her mahr.