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Marriage contract of Maryam Banu and Rajabʻali, 1835
Marriage contract of Maryam Banu, the daughter of ʻAli Akbar, and Rajabʻali, the son of Muhammad Riza. The mahr of 16 tumans includes four tumans cash which remains the groom's debt, 10 sheep worth two tumans and 5000 [dinars], five mans of copperware worth two-and-a-half tumans, five mans woolen cloth for five thousand [dinars], some gold for three tumans, and some silver for two tumans. The groom's father gifted seven tumans to him and the rest remains the groom's debt, to be paid upon the wife's demand.
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Marriage contract of Batul Baygum and Mirza Muhammad, 1925
Marriage contract of Batul Baygum, the daughter of Haj Mirza Muhammad ʻAli, and Mirza Muhammad, the son of Mirza Shaʻban. The mahr is 1000 tumans, which includes: one sixth of a house worth 500 tumans, copper worth 60 tumans, four sheep and goats worth 100 tumans, one woolen carpet worth 100 tumans, a set of bedding worth 50 tumans, and a carpet worth 160 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Kulsum Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim, 1820
Marriage contract of Kulsum Khanum, the daughter of Abu al-Qasim, and Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim, the son of Muhammad Hadi Khvurasgani; the mahr includes: twelve tumans of Tabrizi currency used in trade conducted in Isfahan, one-sixth of a residential building worth three tumans, some crimson gold, five mans [unit of weight] of copperware, and one cow worth two tumans. The groom must pay the above mahr to the bride upon her request, if he can afford it.
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Settlement between Bahanah Khanum and Imam Quli, 1903
Settlement between Bahanah Khanum, daughter of the late Muhammad Sadiq Bayg (from Jalilabad), and Mashhadi Imam Quli, son of the late Mashhadi Nawruz ‘Ali, over all her belongings for one hundred tumans and five misqals [unit of weight] of nabat [crystal candy]
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Settlement between Muhammad Sadiq and Bahanah Khanum, 1895
Settlement between Muhammad Sadiq and his daughter, Bahanah Khanum, over all his paternal inheritance including property and cattle, in exchange for some sugar cubes and five hundred dinars
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Marriage contract of Zubaydah and Jaʻfar Quli, 1868
Marriage contract of Zubaydah, the daughter of Muhammad ʻAli the sheriff, and Jaʻfar Quli, the son of Husayn from Dih-i Naw. The mahr includes: five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, carpets to cover a room, sheep, two outfits to be bought, a house, silver and crimson gold, and pieces of lands.
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Marriage contract of Maʻsumah and Karbalayi Hasan, 1892
Marriage contract of Maʻsumah, the daughter of Mukarram, and Karbalayi Hasan, the son of Ismaʻil. The mahr is 27 tumans: two sixths of a plum garden for ten tumans, a share of water usage of [...] for four tumans, a carpet and a woolen carpet for one tuman, a set of bedding for one tuman, 6 sheep and goats for two tumans, three mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for one tuman, two outfits made of silk and foreign textiles for two tumans, two upper and lower houses for two tumans, and five tumans in cash.
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Muhammad Muhibbʻali and Haj Muhammad Bayg from Tabas, 1893
Marriage contract of the daughter of Muhammad Muhibbʻali [whose name is not recorded] and Haj Muhammad Bayg from Tabas. The mahr includes: five mans of copper worth three tumans and 5000 [dinars], 10 mans of kilims and felt worth four tumans, two outfits to be bought for five tumans, a third of the house where the groom lives in Tabas, a set of bedding for three tumans; and also these items, which remain the groom's debt: two tumans cash, five sheep worth two tumans and 5000 [dinars], an outfit to be bought for one tuman, and two mans of copper worth one tuman.
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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 Saltanat and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, 1915
Marriage contract of Saltanat, the daughter of Haj ʻAbd Allah, and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, the son of Zabih Allah, dated May 15, 1915. The mahr is 160 tumans and includes: the use of water from two sources worth 50 tumans, one third of a garden's profits worth 20 tumans, a house located where the groom lives worth five tumans, two outfits worth ten tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, a carpet worth ten tumans, three mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth eight tumans, sheep worth 12 tumans, and 40 tumans in cash. The wife, Saltanat Khanum, has settled part of the marriage...