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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 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 of Banu Khanum and Haj Ghulam Riza, 1921
Marriage contract of Banu Khanum, daughter of the late Haj Javad Darvish, and Haj Ghulam Riza, son of the late Darvish Muhammad Husayn. The mahr includes twenty-one tumans, a Qur'an, parts of a building in the Aqa neighborhood, shares of land in the Ab Bariki Plain, and a share of qanat water in the same plain. On the margin: "On 22 January 1926, Darvish Ghulam Riza sold Banu Khanum's share of the land with her permission, and instead, they included another piece of land as her mahr. On 11 Decemeber 1926, Banu Khanum settled her share of the building with Yad Allah, son of the late Darvish...
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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 Fatimah and Sayyid ʻAli, 1852
Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Rajab (the son of Karbalayi Muhammad Muslim), and Sayyid ʻAli, the son of Mir Habib. The mahr includes: five tumans in cash, a property priced at five tumans, five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper priced at 25000 [dinars], a quarter of an inherited garden priced at two tumans, some pieces of land close to the river priced at one tuman, a man and half of silk priced at [illegible] tumans, two sets of outfits priced at two tumans that were received, a set of bedding priced at one tuman that was received, a handmade carpet priced at one...
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, 1923
Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan, daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, son of Muhammad Hasan, and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, son of Muhammad ‘Ali. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans as an initial gift, twenty-five tumans for women's clothing, twenty-five tumans for rugs, twenty-five tumans for gold, some properties, and a share of water use. The groom settled the properties and the share of water use with the bride for fourteen riyals of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Khanum and Jaʻfar Quli Khan, 1926
Marriage contract of Khadijah Khanum, daughter of Mirza ‘Alinaqi Khan, and Ja‘far Quli Khan, son of Haji ‘Ali Aqa Jan; mahr includes some pieces of land with water rights, as well as half of a house
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Nisa’ and Allah Virdi, 1821
Marriage contract of Khadijah Nisa’, daughter of Mir Mustafa (from Usku), and Karbalayi Allah Virdi, son of Haj Hakim (from Usku); the mahr includes one-fourth of a house-garden complex, a gold patera, one-fourth of a piece of land, and part of the water from Pish-andiz qanat
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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 Khvurshid Khanum Sari and Haj ʻAli Quli Khan Ashtari al-Nakhaʻi, 1934
Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum Sari, the daughter of Haj Husaynquli Khan, and Haj ʻAli Quli Khan Ashtari al-Nakhaʻi, the son of Haji Mustafa Khan, on October 17, 1934. The mahr includes a Qurʼan (worth 40 rials), which was given to the bride, seven shares of the 23 shares that the groom owns, and that 23 shares is the shared ownership from the whole 53 shares of water and properties and water usage in Khalaj village. The total value of the properties mentioned is 20000 rials.
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