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Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum and Muhammad Nasir Khan, 1876
Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Haji Isma‘il Khan, and Muhammad Nasir Khan, the son of Hasanquli Khan Sartip [the brigadier general] Qajar; the mahr is one thousand and sixty tumans, of which twenty tumans is the price of a volume of Qur’an, forty tumans went to the purchase of a female slave, and the rest remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Mah Parah Khanum and Sultan Husayn Mirza, 8 May 1854
Marriage contract between Mah Parah Khanum, daughter of Bahram Mirza and Sultan Husayn Mirza, son of Ahmad ‘Ali Mirza. The sidaq (mahr) includes 1,000 ashrafi tumans of 18 nukhud weight, a newly-minted Nasir al-Din shahi coin, a Qur’an worth 50 tumans, a male domestic slave [ghulam], and a female domestic slave [jariah], valued at fifty tumans each. Inscribed under the top decorative medallion is the name of Bahram Mirza, possibly the father of Shahzadah Sultan Husayn Mirza.
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Marriage contract between Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Amir Muhammad Hadi, 1859
Marriage contract between Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Amir Muhammad Hadi dated October 8, 1859. The mahr is 100 ashrafis, a Qurʼan worth 5 tumans, a female servant worth 40 tumans, and parts of some properties.
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Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum Afshar and Husaynquli Khan Afshar, 1855
Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum, the daughter of Khanlar Khan Afshar, and Husaynquli Khan, the son of Haj ‘Abd al-Rahim Khan Afshar; the mahr is three-sixth of the village of Rahim Abad in Khurrud of Qazvin, four hundred and fifty tumans, one hundred misqals [unit of weight] of gold, two hundred misqals of silver, and two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female, each valued at 25 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Fatimah Sultan and Mirza Muhammad Khalil, 1887
Marriage contract between Khanum Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Mirza Muhammad, and Aqa Mirza Muhammad Khalil known as Mirza Aqa, son of Mirza Muhammad Hasan. The mahr includes a copy of the Qur’an worth fourteen tumans, three hundred tumans, ten tumans worth of raw silks, and an Ethiopian female slave worth fifty tumans, all remaining the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Asad Allah, 1879
Marriage contract of Gawhar Khanum (daughter of ʻAliriza Mustawfi) with Mirza Asad Allah (son of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi) in May or June 1879. Mahr includes 100 tumans, a Qurʼan, gold (ten tumans), copper containers made in Kashan, a carpet, a qalamkar bed covering, a female Ethiopian slave (40 tumans), one third of an herb shop, part of a farm land near Savah and its water right, one sixth of a house in andaruni, and one sixth of a farm house originally belonged to the groom's father, who transfers it to Mirza Asad Allah to be included in his wife's Mahr.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, 1889
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Jan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, the son of Mirza Muhammad from Herat, with a mahr of 300 tumans including: gold and jewelry worth 100 tumans, a carpet, bedding and copper worth 100 tumans, a Qurʼan worth fifty tumans, and an Abyssinian female slave worth fifty tumans. The marriage vows were said by the attorneys of both parties.
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Marriage contract of Shirin Jan and Ghulam‘ali, 1858
Marriage contract of Shirin Jan, daughter of Mirza the tailor, and Ghulam‘ali, ghulam [servant/slave] of Haji ‘Abd Allah (son of Haji Kalb‘ali), dated July 23, 1858. The mahr is eight tumans plus one-sixth of a house in the Shams Abad neighborhood of Khuzan. A note declares that Haji ‘Abd Allah transferred the ownership of one-sixth of the house to Ghulam‘ali. On verso, dated August 24, 1866: Shirin Jan settled her mahr with Haji Muhammad Baqir Sultan, son of Haji Kalb‘ali from Khuzan, for forty rupees. On March 25, 1867, Haji Muhammad Baqir transferred the mahr to Ghulam‘ali for one...
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Settlement between Riza Quli Khan and his mother, 1893
The second wife of Mirza Fazl Allah Khan [Agha Baygum Khanum] transfers the ownership of all her belongings (including whatever she owns until her death) to her son, Riza Quli Khan, in exchange for one hundred dinars. The condition is that Riza Quli Khan will be responsible for the food and clothing expenses of his mother as long as she lives. Moreover, after her death, he shall spend fifty tumans of his own money for the funeral expenses. A male slave, named Qanbar, and a female slave, named Tuti, are included in this settlement. Tuti, one of Qanbar’s daughters, worked for Riza Quli Khan’s...
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Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum and Ibrahim Khan, 1857
Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ishaq Khan ‘Arab, with Ibrahim Khan, son of ‘Alikhan; mahr includes one thousand four hundred twenty-five tumans, gold, carpets, copperware, healthy female and male slaves, and some properties
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