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Sale document of Umm Kulsum Khanum, 1872
Umm Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Mashhadi Aqa and the wife of Mir Aqa, in a separate document, had sold her one-week share of the Khan Muhammad Khan qanat in Ahrab to Haj ʻAli ʻAbbas, the well-known merchant from Lak. She additionally sells him her one-week share of the qanat in Ganjʻalikhan garden; this garden was purchased by the owners of Khan Muhammad Khan qanat.
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Settlement of Gawhar Sultan and Hajiyah Khanum with Aqa Buzurg, 1923
Gawhar Sultan Khanum and Khanum Hajiyah Khanum, the daughters of the late Haji ʻAbd al-ʻAli Aqa, have settled their share of the water from Karzan qanat to Aqa Buzurg the merchant from Salmas, the son of the late Haji Mahdi.
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Shafa Baygum's settlement, 1865
Settlement between Shafa Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mashhadi ‘Abd al-Samad Khurrami, and Haji Mir Hashim, who has the power of attorney from [illegible] over the share of the use of water from the Kaniyah qanat in exchange for six tumans.
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Letter to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding her properties
Part of a letter, regarding the requests by the workers of the orchards, the women weavers of Qarajah, payment of wages in money and goods to the workers and women weavers, the delay in sending barley and hay due to the muddy roads, the assignment of three people to guard the house and the garden in Malikzadah, and Ghulamhusayn Khan's request for an animal for qanat works.
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Settlement of Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim, 1918
Settlement of Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza ‘Abd al-Javad, with Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim, the son of Haji Aqa ‘Abd al-Husayn, over some shares of usage of water from a qanat, for two thousand and six hundred tumans. She has also sold her revocation right for two hundred tumans, making the total price two thousand and eight hundred tumans (January 8, 1918). On September 27, 1919, due to the late Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim's debt, Haj Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qavvam and Haj Mirza ‘Aliriza of Fayz Abad, sold three-fifths and two-fifths of the share of the water to Haji Muhammad Baqir, the son of Haji Muhammad...
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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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Settlement of Umm al-Nisa’ Khanum and Aqa Jabbar, 1863
Umm al-Nisa’ Khanum and Aqa Jabbar, the children of Mashhadi ‘Abd al-Ghaffar, transfer a house and a garden, located in Shishgilan, and part of the use of water from a qanat to Mirza Riza, a courtier of the crown prince and the son of Haji ‘Abd Allah, in exchange for two hundred and thirty seven tumans and five thousand dinars.
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Settlement and crop-sharing contract between Khanumi Khanum and Bala Bayg Yavar, 1820
These documents include: 1- a settlement, dated April 23, 1820, between Khanumi Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Sultan, and her husband, Bala Bayg Yavar, the eldest son of ‘Ali Mardan Khan, in which she settles her mahr in exchange for a farmland known as ‘Ali Akbar farm, in Guni, as well as some shares of water usage from the qanat. 2- on April 25, 1820, Bala Bayg Yavar rents the crops and products of ‘Ali Akbar farm and water usage from its qanat from his wife, Khanumi Khanum for thirty years in exchange for an annual amount of twenty tumans.
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Letter to Nuzhat al-Dawlah regarding her properties
The writer discusses registering the qanats and writing the related accounting report, cultivation, irrigation, sowing, leasing out the cows' milk, carpet-weaving by the women of Qarajah village, and uncertainty about the current status of the new building due to the rain.
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Settlement of Sayyid Muhammad and his children, 1891
Settlement of Karbalayi Sayyid Muhammad, son of the late Mir Taqi (from Usku), and his children, Mir Jalil, Sayyidah Khanum, and Rubab, with Haji Sayyid Muhammad Tajir (merchant) from Usku over a share of water from a qanat in Uskuyah in exchange for nineteen tumans