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Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) to Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah
Muhammad ‘Ali Nizam Mafi (Salar Mu‘azzam) congratulates his sister, Zahra Sultan ‘Izzat al-Saltanah, on her engagement to ‘Abbas Mirza Salar Lashkar.
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Letter of invitation, 1910
A letter from Muhammad Husayn Dallal [the dealer] to Haj Muhammad Husayn Kumpani inviting him to the marriage ceremony of his offspring on Friday, April 4, 1910.
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Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum and Mulla Hadi, 1908
Marriage contract of Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Mulla Hasan, and Mulla Hadi, son of Karbalayi Ghulam. The sidaq is thirty-seven tumans, of which Mulla Hadi paid the mahr with items worth thirty-seven tumans.
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Offering for a wedding, 1911
Regarding the tradition in the villages of Gilan, in which young women are forced to give offerings to the village chief or others to be able to get married
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Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1910
Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Karbalayi ‘Ali and Aqa Muhammad Riza, the son of Aqa Mashhadi Asad Allah. The mahr is twenty six tumans and two thousand and five hundred dinars, a Qur‘an (one tuman value), seven misqals of gold (twenty one tumans value), and a portion of land, which was settled to the groom by Khavar Sultan, the daughter of Aqa Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, in exchange for some wheat and one hundred dinars. Aside from the piece of land, the mahr totals forty eight tumans and two and a half qirans [two thousand and five hundred dinars], which remains the...
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Report of the Fars Police Department, 1918
Includes Rawzah at Aqa Mirza Khalil Zari‘ (farmer)'s home, and the wedding ceremony of Mu‘izz al-Sultan's daughter and Mirza Javad Khan with the presence of entertainers
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Terms of marriage between Makhluqah Khanum and Ghulamriza from Shiraz, 1912
Written by Ghulamriza from Shiraz: "first, I have to wait for Makhluqah Khanum to graduate from the American school; second, Makhluqah Khanum has a right to annul the marriage contract after her graduation; third, if Makhluqah Khanum consents, a second wedding ceremony has to take place; fourth, providing everything needed for the wedding and Makhluqah Khanum's house, her mahr, and share of inheritance; and fifth, if these conditions are not met, the marriage contract will be null." Also, Ghulamriza mentions that if he dies before the second ceremony, Makhluqah Khanum has no right to...
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Report of the Fars Police Department, 1918
Includes five days of Ta‘ziyah at the late Karim's house because of his wife's oblation, funeral ceremonies, and the wedding of Aqa Shaykh ‘Abd al-Hamid's daughter
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1918
Letter from Sarah A. Clock to Mrs. Platt about receiving her letter, how the Tarbiyat school is functioning, the Tarbiyat school's scholarship, and about weddings, funerals and various religious customs in Iran.
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Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk love letters, 1909 to 1910
Love letters of ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk (Taymurtash), son of Karim Dad Khan, to Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Zarrin Kulah Khanum and Khazin al-Mulk, accompanied by some envelopes and part of a letter, probably from Surur al-Saltanah to Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk. These letters were most likely written during the time between their ‘Aqd (formal contract of marriage) and ‘Arusi (marriage celebration and consummation), while Surur al-Saltanah was living in Tehran and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk was traveling between Tehran and Khurasan; the letters have also been separately included in this collection;...
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