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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 Shahzadah Baygum and Aqa Asad Allah, 1890
Marriage contract of Shahzadah Baygum, the daughter of Haji Muhammad Husayn, and Aqa Asad Allah, the son of Aqa ‘Ali; the mahr is eighty five tumans, some shares of water usage, some parts of a farm, and two-sixths of a house.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad ‘Ali, 1870
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Mashhadi Karim from Usku, and Muhammad ‘Ali, son of Mashhadi ‘Ali from Usku; mahr includes part of a garden and a share of a qanat, and a candlestick worth three thousand five hundred dinars. On verso, dated September 25, 1896, Fatimah Baygum has received eighty tumans for the garden and the qanat share from Haji Sayyid Muhammad Tajir (merchant) from Usku.
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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 of Khanum Jan and Muhammad Baqir, 1869
Marriage contract of Khanum Jan, daughter of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Razzaq, and Karbalayi Muhammad Baqir, son of Haji Qurban from Usku; mahr includes a garden and its share of water from a qanat, part of a house, a pair of gold earrings worth five tumans, and a gold ring worth one tuman, which remains the father of the groom's debt, as well as twenty tumans, which remains groom's debt
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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 Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud Khan, 1870
Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg, the daughter of Lutf Allah Mirza, and Mirza Masʻud Khan, the son of Muhammad Husain, with a mahr of 1120 tumans, which includes: four shares of a qanat in Hidayat Aabad village's water, clothing worth 500 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 200 tumans, a carpet worth 150 tumans, copper dishes made in Yazd worth 50 tumans, silver worth 75 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 25 tumans, and one male slave and one female slave worth 80 tumans.