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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.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah and Mulla Haj Muhammad, 1923
Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, and Mulla Haj Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Mulla ʻAli, with a mahr of 755 tumans, which includes: pieces of land, water usage right of qanat, part of a house, a carpet to cover a room, gold, silver, clothes, and copper. On March 25, 1928 the husband transferred the ownership of some pieces of land to his wife.
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu with Karbalayi ʻAbbas, 1896
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, the daughter of Karbalayi Ibrahim, and Karbalayi ʻAbbas, the son of Ismaʻil. The mahr is 30 tumans, which includes: two-sixths of a plum garden for seven tumans, two upper and lower houses for five tumans, part of water usage for four tumans, five sheep and a goat for two tumans, a set of bedding and sleepwear for one tuman, a carpet and a wool carpet for two tumans, two-and-a-half mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper, four tumans in cash, and two sets of outfits bought from the bazaar for three tumans. On February 3, 1897 the husband gave one...
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Marriage contract, 1890
Marriage contract dated February 23, 1890, [in which the bride's and groom's names cannot be deduced as the document is missing some parts] with a mahr of 70 tumans. The marriage was conducted by Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad, their attorney. The mahr includes: two houses for seven tumans, two outfits either handmade or bought for six tumans, a set of bedding for two tumans, carpets and felts for three tumans, one fourth of the water usage of a qanat for fifteen tumans, one fourth of the water usage of another qanat and the springs of Gardanah Shir for ten tumans, two mans [each man equals three...
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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 Zinat Baygum and Mulla ʻAli, 1863
Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Bayg, and Mulla ʻAli, the son of Haj Muhammad Karbalayi, with a mahr of 85 tumans, including gold and silver, four sets of outfits, a carpet to cover a room, 18 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a camel, sheep, part of the water usage of a qanat in Sarbishah village, and pieces of land bought by Mulla Muhammad Karbalayi Safar for five tumans.
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Marriage contract of Rubab and Ghulamriza Bayg, 1919
Marriage contract of Rubab, the daughter of Karbalayi ʻAli Akbar, and Ghulamriza Bayg, the son of Abu Talib Bayg Mudi, with a mahr of 120 tumans, which includes: two shares of water usage from a qanat, worth 30 tumans, a house in the district where the groom lives worth 30 tumans, a carpet and felt worth 10 tumans, 10 old Qa'inat mans of copper worth 10 tumans, 10 sheep worth 10 tumans, two silk outfits worth seven tumans, a walnut tree worth 10 tumans, a feather cushion and a set of bedding worth 10 tumans, and gold and silver worth three tumans.