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Forced marriage of Fazl‘ali Khan's daughter, 1923
The writer answers a question from Sadr al-Muhaqqiq regarding the marriage contract of the daughter of Fazl‘ali Khan and Ahmad Aqa, the brother of Isma‘il Aqa. He recounts a night in the month of Rajab in 1922 when Ahmad Aqa's servants took him to Fazl‘ali Khan's house and coerced him to perform the marriage vow despite the dissent of Fazl‘ali Khan's daughter. The note on the margin states that if the girl later shows discontent the marriage is void.
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Question and answer
Concerning a marriage ceremony held by the late Mir Ghaffar’s sons for their sister and Hasan, son of Muhammad Sharif from Davan, the woman’s objection, and the cancellation of the ceremony
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Petition by Khavar Sultan Khanum's attorney, 1927
‘Abbas al-Husayni Kawdani, the attorney of Khavar Sultan Khanum (daughter of Mahdi Sulayman from Ruzvah), writes a petition to Aqa Mulla Ghulamhusayn regarding the property disputes between Khavar Sultan Khanum and the inheritors of Karbalayi Nigahdar Bayg (Aqa ‘Abbas Quli Bayg represents himself and the other inheritors). Khavar Khanum claims that her property, partly given to her by her late husband, Mahmud, and recorded in her marriage contract, and the rest inherited through her father, was entrusted to her husband without any formal settlement or compensation. Now, this property, after...
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Letter from Fathʻali to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma
Discusses transferring property ownership of Zivar Taj (daughter of Fathʻali's wife) to her brother; the marriage of Zivar Taj with Fathʻali's nephew; and describes how Sayyid Qasim, known as Naqib al-Tujjar, deceived Zivar Taj and persuaded her to file a claim about the Nigaristan property. The writer asks the addressee for help.
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Correspondence between Hasan Aqa and the Ministry of Justice, 1923 to 1926
Petition (in two copies) by Aqa Hasan Aqa the merchant, a resident of Tabriz, to the preliminary court of the Justice Department in Azarbayjan (November 16, 1923) regarding Haji Baba's belongings, which should be divided into five shares and given to the following: Aqa Hasan Aqa (the petitioner); Haji ‘Ali Akbar's inheritors (his wife Shikar Khanum and his children: Haji Javad Aqa, Aqa Zaynal, Khadijah Khanum, and Zahra Khanum); Aqa ‘Ali Asghar's inheritors (Aqa Riza, Kubra Khanum, and Asiyah Khanum [‘Ali Asghar's wife] who later married Haji Baba; Mashhadi Najaf's inheritors (Sughra...
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Settlement between ‘Ismat Khanum and ‘Abbas‘ali, 1930
Settlement between ‘Ismat Khanum, daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali, and her husband, ‘Abbas‘ali (son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali from Vidja) about paying the alimony and mahr during the three-month waiting period under the condition that ‘Ismat Khanum stays at his paternal house with ‘Abbas‘ali's mother and sister.
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Bihjat Khanum's claim regarding her mahr and alimony, 1926
Bihjat Khanum, daughter of the late Sayyid Muhammad, gives the power of attorney to Sayyid Sulayman in order to claim alimony and her mahr from her husband Tahmasb Khan, son of the late ‘Ali Mirza. Her husband has not paid any alimony since they married two years ago. Ayatollah Muhammad Ja‘far approves Bihjat Khanum's claims and rules against Tahmasb Khan, the husband.
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Dispute between Shi‘as and Tatars over a marriage, 1899-1900
Report from the Iranian Consulate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from Astrakhan, about a dispute between the Shi‘as and Tatars over the marriage of Khalili's daughter. Tatars claim that since the girl's mother was not a permanent wife, according to Russian law, her child is a Russian national. But Shi‘as of Haji Tarkhan oppose her marriage to a Tatar man. After some disturbances, the consulate has decided to take the mother and daughter into police custody to protect their safety; along with a receipt of the document and acknowledgment of the consulate's effort
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Regarding Hajiyah Khanum's properties
Copy of the statement by Haji Mirza Ibrahim Shari‘atmadar (local religious notable) on how Haji Aqa ‘Ali Akbar used the property owned by his wife, Hajiyah Khanum (daughter of Aqa Muhammad), became in debt and thus settled his own property to Hajiyah Khanum and her two children while paying a sum to his other two children from his temporary wives. Hajiyah Khanum dealt with Aqa ‘Ali Akbar's creditors after his death, gave her daughter her share of inheritance and married her off. Mirza Ibrahim writes about his own disagreement with this marriage and the husband's misbehaviour. Therefore,...
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Settlement between Khanum Sultan and Aqa Baygum, 1911
After Nayib Ibrahim, son of Haji Muhammad Baqir from Khuzan, died without leaving a will, there was a dispute between Nayib Ibrahim's wife Khanum Sultan, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Hasan from Andan, and Nayib Ibrahim's daughter Aqa Baygum, wife of ‘Abd al-Rahman. Khanum Sultan demanded her share of the inheritance and what was hers according to her marriage contract. This settlement is between Mirza Aqa ‘Ali Akbar, on behalf of Khanum Sultan, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad, on behalf of Aqa Baygum, over Khanum Sultan's share of the inheritance, her mahr, and the gold mentioned in her marriage...
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