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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 of ʻAbd al-Vahhab Khan and Shahrbanu Baygum
Marriage contract of Aqa Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahab Khan, son of Mirza ʻAli Muhammad Khan (Minister of Dar al-Shura and First Exchequer) and Shahrbanu Baygum (Shams al-Muluk), daughter of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan. The mahr includes 500 tumans and a Qur’an. The father of groom has also purchased a share of the village of Karkan (from the bride's father) and gifted it to his son for him to include in the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Sultan and Mirza Mahdi, 1899
Marriage contract of Sakinah Sultan, the daughter of Haji ʻAli Asghar, and Mirza Mahdi, the son of Haji Muhammad Zaman the forage vendor, dated December 22, 1899. The mahr is one hundred tumans, a Qurʼan, and some gold.
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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 the oldest daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli, and Salar ʻAli, 1903
Marriage contract of the oldest daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli [son of] Ustad Ibrahim and Salar ʻAli, the son of Nazar ʻAli, with a mahr of: some pieces of land, 20 tumans for buying a house, five mans of copper worth four tumans, four tumans' worth of clothes to be bought, 10 mans of carpets worth five tumans, a set of bedding worth two tumans and 5000 [dinars], and two tumans and 5000 [dinars] in cash. The mentioned land were rented by Karbalayi Muhammad and Qanbar ʻAli, brothers of the groom. On verso, the name of bride's father is written as Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli Chah Ju
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Ustad Yusuf Muhammad ʻAli and Haj Muhammad, 1897
Marriage contract of the youngest daughter of Ustad Yusuf Muhammad ʻAli [whose name is not recorded] and Haj Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi ʻAli Mulla Muhammad Ustad ʻAli. The mahr includes: some pieces of land, two sixths of a house to be bought later for ten tumans, three outfits to be bought for four tumans, five mans of copper worth five tumans, carpets, kilims, and felt for five tumans.
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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 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 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 Ruqiyah Khanum and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, 1896
Marriage contract of Ruqiyah Khanum, the daughter of Mulla Muhammad Haj ʻAli Salih, and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, the son of Karbalayi Yusuf Kar. The mahr includes: parts of gardens and some pieces of land, half of the house of the groom's father, in which he lives now, ten mans of copper worth seven tumans, carpets to cover a room, worth six tumans, two outfits to be bought for three tumans, and another outfit to be bought for two tumans. In 1907, Karbalayi ʻAli gave Ruqiyah another piece of land instead of the one that he had sold with her permission.