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Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, 1862
Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum, the daughter of Haji ʻAbd al-Rahim, and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, the son of Sarkhvush Khan, date June 23, 1862. The mahr includes part of the Kukah Kharaqan village in Qazvin, possession of which the bridegroom's father transferred to the bridegroom, one hundred tumans, and two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female, who were each valued at 25 tumans.
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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 Kawkab Khanum and Muhammad Sadiq, 1898
Marriage contract of Kawkab Khanum, daughter of ‘Ali, and Muhammad Sadiq, son of Husaynquli, with the description of the mahr, which included 5000 dinars and 25 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan Khanum and Sayyid Taqi, 1874
Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan Khanum, daughter of ‘Aliquli Bayg, and Sayyid Taqi, with a description of the mahr, which included 33 tumans.
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Letters from Mirza Mansur Shaykh al-Islam and his wife to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam
Letters from Mirza Mansur Shaykh al-Islam and his wife to Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam concerning family matters.
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Feud over abduction and forced marriage, 1911
About the abduction and forced marriage of a girl by Iqtidar al-Saltanah and resulting feud between two clans; a sit-in by the father and his clan at a guesthouse requesting help from the Russian consulate; the consulate's claim of shooting at the guesthouse and their demand of one thousand tumans compensation from the government
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Arrest of ‘Aziz Aqa for carrying a gun, 1911
‘Aziz Aqa, a female entertainer, purchased a six-shooter carrier after the brothers of her divorced husband, Sayyid Hasan from Ganjah, had threatened to kill her. She was arrested for carrying the gun on her way to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Miscellaneous letters of Amjad al-Vizarah
Miscellaneous letters of Sayyid ʻAbd Allah Shaykh al-Islami (Amjad al-Vizarah), including letters from Mirza Abu Turab, Majd al-Islam, Fakhr al-Muluk, Ashraf al-Sadat, Manizhah Safdari Qajar (wife of Amjad al-Vizarah), ʻAziz Kashi(?), Khanum Khanumha, Muhibb ʻAli to Amjad al-Vizarah, and his letters to Bisharat al-Dawlah and his sister Fakhri Muʻazzam.
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Parvin and Nasrin Rostami's interview
An interview with Parvin and Nasrin Rostami, conducted on June 24, 2013 by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, in which they share memories of their family members including their mother, Aqdas Gharbi, their grandmother, Batul Sharqi, and their grandfather, Nasr Allah Gharbi.
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Badr al-Sadat Afqahi's interview- part II
Conducted on November 17, 2012 by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Mahbobe Ghods, ‘Ali Ya‘qubi, and Maryam Momeni. She shares memories of her childhood and youth and talks about the life in late Qajar and Pahlavi era.
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