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Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1897
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, with Muhammad Karim, son of Mirza Rahim, on January 28, 1897. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth 2 tumans, fifteen tumans cash, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 2 tumans and five thousand dinars, a carpet kilim and a pair of felt rugs worth five tumans, and one sixth of the houses that belong to the bridegroom's father. Note: part of the aforementioned properties were inherited by the bridegroom from his late mother and the rest was transferred to him from his father. The note on the verso reads: "a record of the mahr...
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Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Mirza Muhammad Riza, 1881
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, and Mirza Muhammad Riza, the son of Mirza Muhammad, dated April 2, 1881. The mahr includes 30 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 3 tumans, a carpet worth 10 tumans, a fourth of a piece of land known as Haj Sani's land, one third of a piece of land known as Haj Muhammad ʻAli's land, and parts of some properties. A statement explains that all the properties mentioned were part of the bridegroom's late mother's mahr and they are not his father's belongings. Aqa Rahim, the bridegroom's brother, certified...