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Settlement of Khanum Bibi's properties, 1847
The document reads, in part: In 1845 or 1846, Aqa Mahdi, son of Sayyid Jaʻfar Razavi, died and left one son and two daughters behind. After a while, his two [daughters] also died. The properties of Aqa Sayyid Jaʻfar that had been given to his son, Aqa Mahdi, were transferred to his children and after that were transferred to their mother, Khanum Bibi, daughter of Aqa Asad Allah. When the ʻiddah period was over, Khanum Bibi married Sayyid Muhammad, brother of the deceased Aqa Mahdi. Then she settled whatever property she had to her current husband, Aqa Sayyid Muhammad, for fifteen tumans....
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum and Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, 1814
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Baygum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad ʻAli, and Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin, the son of Mirza Jaʻfar, with a mahr of: 12 tumans equal to some crimson gold, 12 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a carpet for two tumans, a set of bedding for one tuman, one sixth of a house located behind the jamiʻ mosque. On June 8, 1845, Sayyid Zayn al-ʻAbidin settled one third of a house, the household furnishings including tableware, carpets, and copper with Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum in exchange for her mahr.
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Marriage contract of Ruqiyah and Mulla Yaʻqub,1879
Marriage contract of Ruqiyah, daughter of Karbalayi Ibrahim Rajabʻali Qasimʻali, and Mulla Yaʻqub, son of Muhammad [son of] Ustad ʻAli Zargar, on August 18, 1879. The mahr includes some parts of a garden, one third of the house of the groom's father, copper, carpets, clothings, and six sheep.