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About Bibi Kuchak Khanum's property, 1879
The document reads in part: Haji Muhammad Riza, the merchant from Khurasan, acknowledged that he had settled his property, including his ownership share of Zarkish farm, to his deceased wife, Bibi Kuchak Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Karbalayi Muhammad Zargar. The deceased lady settled all her belongings to her daughter's son, Aqa Shaykh Muhammad Hasan. Haji Mulla Nawruz ʻAli (known as Fazil Bastami) testifies that all the property mentioned should be owned by this grandchild, and that whoever confiscated it should return it. Written in August 18, 1879.
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Affidavit, 1802
The document reads, in part: "It is stated that Gul Bibi, the wife of Sayyid Jaʻfar, was previously the wife of the deceased Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar. The deceased Mirza Abu al-Hasan had previously calculated the value of Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar's belongings and realized that all the properties were equal to Mir ʻAbd al-Ghaffar's wife's mahr and, based on shariʻah law, he had given them all to her. The affiants should write their names and seal this document so that it becomes valid. December 1802 or January 1803." On the margin, Jahan Banu and Hasan have testified as affiants."
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Affidavit, 1853
The document reads, in part: "It is stated that Khanum Buzurg, the daughter of the deceased Muhammad ʻAli Khan [from] Dawdangah and the wife of Sayyid Muhammad (son of the deceased Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi), has passed away. Her inheritors are two daughters and a son. She had inherited belongings (cows, sheep, and some properties) from her father. Now that the guardian of these children is their father, Sayyid Muhammad, the property inherited by the children should be given to him. Whoever knows about the truth of these lines should write their name and seal on the verso in order for this...
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Affidavit, 1853
The document reads in part: "It is stated that the shares of inheritance from the deceased Muhammad ʻAli Khan are, in total, nine, after subtracting his mother's share; of these, six shares belong to his three sons and three shares belong to his three daughters. From the death of Muhammad ʻAli Khan to this date, 1853 or 1854, twenty seven years have passed, in which all the property was in the hands of his sons. It was in the possession of Muhammad Khan for ten years and the possession of Ibrahim Khan and the deceased Aqa Jaʻfar for seventeen years. His sons did not give their sisters their...
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Copy of a marriage contract between Kulsum and Akhund Mulla Qasim, 1858
Copy of a marriage contract between Kulsum, daughter of Akhund Mulla Husayn, and Akhund Mulla Qasim, son of Karbalayi ʻAli Muhammad, with a mahr of 800 Nasiri rials, which includes: half a share of the twelve shares of Karizak farm, worth 40 tumans, part of a property in Nayshabur, worth 10 tumans, 16 tumans in cash for clothes, gold worth 8 tumans, six mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth six tumans.
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Divorce settlement of Kanz and Rajabʻali Bayg, 1901
Rajabʻali Bayg, the son of Ghulamhusayn Bayg, divorces his wife, Kanz, the daughter of Ustad Khudadlu, and he gives half of the inherited house of his father, a share of a spring known as Rajabʻali spring, and 10 rials to the wife. It is mentioned that if the husband wants to marry her again, he should first pay her the entire mahr.
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Marriage contract between Bibi Layla and Muhammad Husayn, 1927
Marriage contract between Bibi Layla, the daughter of Karbalayi Sayyid ʻAbbas (son of Karbalayi Sayyid Maʻsum from Birjand), and Muhammad Husayn, son of Mulla Zayn al-ʻAbidin, on January 24, 1927. The mahr, which is 84 tumans and will remain the bridegroom's debt, includes: two shares of half of a day's use of the water from the qanat of Hasanabad farm for 32 tumans, half of a house in Arviz village for 6 tumans, kilims and felt for carpeting one room for four tumans, four women's dresses to buy and to make for five tumans, ten mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for six...
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Marriage contract of Batul Baygum and Mirza Muhammad, 1925
Marriage contract of Batul Baygum, the daughter of Haj Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, and Mirza Muhammad, the son of Mirza Shaʻban. The mahr is 1000 tumans, which includes: one sixth of a house worth 500 tumans, copper worth 60 tumans, four sheep and goats worth 100 tumans, one woolen carpet worth 100 tumans, a set of bedding worth 50 tumans, and a carpet worth 160 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Baygum and Mirhusayn, 1859
Marriage contract of Bibi Baygum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza the Chukha [woolen dress] seller, and Mirhusayn, the son of Sayyid Mahdi. The mahr includes: 14 tumans cash, some gold, 14 mans of copperware, carpet to cover a room, worth four tumans, a set of bedding for two tumans, part of a house that the groom's father gave him and, with his permission, made part of the mahr, and some properties the bride's grandfather, Haj Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin the Chukha seller, gave to the groom, which the groom made part of the mahr with the latter's permission.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi, 1891
Marriage contract of Bibi Bilqays, daughter of Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Mustawfi, and Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi known as Badiʻ al-Shuʻara, son of Sadr al-Zakirin, with a mahr of 300 tumans, which includes: 60 tumans in cash paid to the bride, one of the twelve shares from a series of qanat in Nayshabur worth 150 tumans, a property worth 75 tumans, and some gold that remains the groom's debt. Gawhar, daughter of Haj Husayn Haj al-Haramayn, mother of Mulla Sulayman, signed to give permission to the transfer of the share of ʻAli Abad's farm.