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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Ibrahim, 1900
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, daughter of Karbalayi Yar Murad from Kahriz, and Ibrahim, son of Muhammad from Bahmanabad. The mahr is forty tumans, of which half was paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The mahr additionally includes one-twelfth of the garden of the groom's father, a set of bedding made in Burujird worth three tumans, and a copper ewer and basin made in Kashan worth one tuman and five thousand dinars. On February, 13, 1903, Shahrbanu transferred the ownership of the mentioned properties to her father, and her father settled them with Sayf al-Dawlah for five 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 Ummi Khanum and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1901
Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad Riza, and Akhund Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Akhund Mulla Muhammad Isma‘il; the mahr includes: a Qur’an worth one tuman; fifteen tumans; one thousand dinars; five misqals [each misqal is 4.25 grams] of rose gold; carpets to cover a room, including two runners, felt, and a small carpet worth ten tumans; two and a half mans (shah) [each man (shah) is 6 kilograms] of copperware worth of six tumans and five thousand dinars; a set of qalamkar beddings from Isfahan worth of four tumans; one-sixth of a house in Shahrak neighborhood...
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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.
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Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum and Qadam‘ali, 1927
Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, and Qadam‘ali, the son of Aqa ‘Ali. The mahr is eighty nine tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: one-sixth of a house, some shares of water (worth 20 tumans), a set of bedding (10 tumans), rugs (15 tumans), copperwares (5 tumans), and a cow (five tumans). These amount to seventy seven tumans from the mahr in total, and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum and Aqa Nazar ‘Ali, 1894
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Ishaq, and Aqa Nazar ‘Ali, the son of Karbalayi ‘Ali Muhammad. The mahr is forty tumans, of which twenty eight tumans has been settled with the following: part of the groom's father's house, some bedding, a rug, some copperware, parts of a building in a garden, and a dress set for the wedding. The remaining twelve tumans from mahr remains the groom's debt. Prior to this contract, the father of the groom had settled the mentioned properties to his son in exchange for one hundred dinars.
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Settlement between Agha Tikkah Khanum and her husband Fath Allah, 1907
Settlement between Agha Tikkah Khanum (daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad from Shiraz) and her husband, Fath Allah (son of the late Haji Abu al-Qasim son of Haji Rustam Anbar-dar [storage keeper]), over one-fourth of the late Haji Abu al-Qasim's inheritance (which includes Agha Tikkah Khanum's mahr of sixty tumans and also an additional one thousand tumans) for one hundred and twenty tumans, and an additional charik [unit of weight] of sugar cubes as the cost of detriment.
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Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Barat‘ali, 1909
Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ‘Ali, and Barat‘ali, the son of Aqa Karbalayi Qasim‘ali. The mahr is sixty tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: part of the house of residence, parts of agricultural land and their share of water, a set of bedding made in Isfahan (seven tumans), rugs (three tumans), some copperware (one tuman), fabrics and clothing for the wedding (twelve tumans). The mentioned items equal forty eight tumans from the mahr and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan Khanum Saffar Harandi and Ustad ‘Abbas Saffar Harandi, 1891
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ustad Muhammad Husayn Saffar Harandi, and Ustad ‘Abbas, son of Ustad Isma‘il Saffar Harandi. The mahr includes three tumans and three thousand dinars. The groom settled with the bride, exchanging three thousand dinars of the mahr and one hundred units of the preceding measure of wheat for twenty misqals [unit of weight] of gold, twenty mans [unit of weight] of copperware, two sets of silk women's clothes, one set of qalamkar women's clothes, one set of qalamkar bedding and one set of chintz bedding from Burujird, a rug, leaning...
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Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, 1916
Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum, daughter of Nazar ‘Ali (son of Haj Muhammad Husayn), and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, son of Muhammad Isma‘il (son of Muhammad Rahim [illegible]). The mahr is one hundred and seventy-six tumans and two thousand dinars. The groom gave sixty tumans of the mahr to the bride for buying a pair of gold earrings, some women's clothes, and some housewares including copperware, dishes, bathing towels, bedding, and [illegible]. The groom gave an additional ninety tumans of the mahr to the bride to buy a house anywhere that is considered appropriate. The rest of the mahr remains the...
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