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Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum and Haji Baba, 1897
Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza, and Haji Baba, the son of Abu al-Hadi Nasr Abadi, dated October 25, 1897. The mahr is a mirror, 10 tumans for the price of a chest, some copperware, a carpet, some clothing, one sixth of a house, and an orchard. The bridegroom's father gave the mahr (short five tumans) to the bride.
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Mahmud, 1887
Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Mahmud, the son of Muhammad Sadiq, dated December 1st, 1887. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth two tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 5 tumans, a carpet, a kilim worth 10 tumans, and three sixths of the properties inherited by the bridegroom. A note on the verso reads: "the record of Nanah Gawhar (the mother of our mother, Sakinah Khatun)'s mahr."
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Marriage contract of Shahbaz Khanum and Ustad Ahmad, 1876
Marriage contract of Shahbaz Khanum, daughter of Ustad Kazim from Usku, and Ustad Ahmad, son of Ustad Malik Najjar (carpenter) from Usku; the mahr includes one-fourth of a garden, a set of bedding worth three tumans, a gold ring worth five thousand dinars, a pair of candlesticks worth one tuman, a bath tray worth seven thousand dinars, all remaining the groom's father's debt, as well as fifteen tumans which remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum and Ibrahim Khan, 1857
Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ishaq Khan ‘Arab, with Ibrahim Khan, son of ‘Alikhan; mahr includes one thousand four hundred twenty-five tumans, gold, carpets, copperware, healthy female and male slaves, and some properties
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Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, 1887
Marriage contract of Gawhar Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier] (Sa‘d al-Dawlah), and Ghulam Husayn Khan Yavar, son of Mu‘tamad al-Sultan Sulayman Khan Sartip; mahr is three tumans and one thousand five hundred dinars, gold, copperware, two carpets, six healthy male and female slaves, and properties including farms, houses, and gardens. Sulayman Khan has transferred the above properties to his son, Ghulam Husayn Khan.
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Marriage contract between Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1854
Marriage contract between Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAli, and Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on June 23, 1854. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, a room's carpets, including a rug and a pair of felt rugs, a qalamkar bed covering, parts of some gardens and one sixth of a dyer's shop. These properties were part of the bridegroom's mother's mahr but went on to be included in the bride's mahr. On the verso there are two settlements: the first is between the bride [Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum] and her paternal uncle, Aqa Mirza Husayn, dated June 23, 1854, regarding some...
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Shaykh ‘Ali and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, 1903
Marriage contract of the daughter of Shaykh ‘Ali from Usku and ‘Abd al-Khaliq, son of Ustad Muhsin from Usku; her mahr is one-fourth of a house, one-fourth of a garden, a set of bedding worth three tumans, a gold ring and a bath bowl worth one tuman, a candlestick worth three thousand five hundred dinars, all belonging to groom's mother and father. On November 25, 1876, the daughter of Shaykh ‘Ali settled with ‘Abd al-Khaliq over one-fourth of the mentioned garden in exchange with one-third of another piece of land. On the same date, Ustad Muhsin transferred a tray to the daughter of Mulla...
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- Muhammad Sadiq (son of Mirza Husayn)(2)
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- ‘Alikhan (father of Ibrahim Khan Sa‘d al-Dawlah)(1)
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- Mirza Husayn (Shahdad Fazeli collection)(1)
- Ishaq Khan ‘Arab(1)
- Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri (Sardar Mujallal)(1)
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