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Marriage contract, 1890
Marriage contract dated February 23, 1890, [in which the bride's and groom's names cannot be deduced as the document is missing some parts] with a mahr of 70 tumans. The marriage was conducted by Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad, their attorney. The mahr includes: two houses for seven tumans, two outfits either handmade or bought for six tumans, a set of bedding for two tumans, carpets and felts for three tumans, one fourth of the water usage of a qanat for fifteen tumans, one fourth of the water usage of another qanat and the springs of Gardanah Shir for ten tumans, two mans [each man equals three...
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Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum and Qadam‘ali, 1927
Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, and Qadam‘ali, the son of Aqa ‘Ali. The mahr is eighty nine tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: one-sixth of a house, some shares of water (worth 20 tumans), a set of bedding (10 tumans), rugs (15 tumans), copperwares (5 tumans), and a cow (five tumans). These amount to seventy seven tumans from the mahr in total, and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Aqa Baygum and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1880
Marriage contract of Aqa Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Husayn, and Karbalayi Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Barat‘ali from Zaziran. The mahr is forty tumans. Aqa Baygum has settled twenty eight tumans of her mahr with Karbalayi Muhammad in exchange for the following: one-sixth of a house in Zaziran and a portion of land (total of 7 tumans); a colorful wedding dress (10 tumans); some copperware (2 tumans); a bedding set (2 tumans); a sheep and a goat (2 tumans); carpets and felt rugs (5 tumans); the remaining twelve tumans from the mahr remains the groom's debt. In 1895 and 1896, Aqa...
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Settlement between Bahadur al-Sultan and his aunts, Akram al-Muluk and Mahparvar, 1905
Settlement to resolve the dispute between Haj Khan Baba Khan Bahadur al-Sultan and his two maternal aunts, Zahra (known as Akram al-Muluk) and Mahparvar, the daughters of Parviz Chahardawli, regarding the one third of the inheritance of Asiyah, the maternal grandmother of Bahadur al-Sultan. After twelve days of reviewing the case, the writer has decided that all the claims of Bahadur al-Sultan were settled in exchange for 2700 tumans. The inheritance of Asiyah, according to a settlement document by Akhund Mulla Muhammad Taqi Shaykh al-Islam, includes: properties, villages, cash assets,...
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Fath Allah Khan to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1914
List of plundered belongings
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Report of the Fars Police Department, 1918
Describes a robbery at the house of Abu Talib Pilah-var (retailer) by two women
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Marriage contract between Bibi Layla and Muhammad Husayn, 1927
Marriage contract between Bibi Layla, the daughter of Karbalayi Sayyid ʻAbbas (son of Karbalayi Sayyid Maʻsum from Birjand), and Muhammad Husayn, son of Mulla Zayn al-ʻAbidin, on January 24, 1927. The mahr, which is 84 tumans and will remain the bridegroom's debt, includes: two shares of half of a day's use of the water from the qanat of Hasanabad farm for 32 tumans, half of a house in Arviz village for 6 tumans, kilims and felt for carpeting one room for four tumans, four women's dresses to buy and to make for five tumans, ten mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for six...
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Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum and Mulla ʻAli, 1863
Marriage contract of Zinat Baygum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Bayg, and Mulla ʻAli, the son of Haj Muhammad Karbalayi, with a mahr of 85 tumans, including gold and silver, four sets of outfits, a carpet to cover a room, 18 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a camel, sheep, part of the water usage of a qanat in Sarbishah village, and pieces of land bought by Mulla Muhammad Karbalayi Safar for five tumans.
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Marriage contract of Rahimah and Mulla Muhammad Baqir, 1786
Marriage contract of Rahimah, the daughter of Haj Muhammad, and Mulla Muhammad Baqir, the son of Haj Mulla ʻAli Asghar. The mahr is 60 tumans, which includes: gold, silver, clothes, carpets, copper, cast iron, sheep, house, farms, and water use rights.
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Marriage contract of Rubab and Ghulamriza Bayg, 1919
Marriage contract of Rubab, the daughter of Karbalayi ʻAli Akbar, and Ghulamriza Bayg, the son of Abu Talib Bayg Mudi, with a mahr of 120 tumans, which includes: two shares of water usage from a qanat, worth 30 tumans, a house in the district where the groom lives worth 30 tumans, a carpet and felt worth 10 tumans, 10 old Qa'inat mans of copper worth 10 tumans, 10 sheep worth 10 tumans, two silk outfits worth seven tumans, a walnut tree worth 10 tumans, a feather cushion and a set of bedding worth 10 tumans, and gold and silver worth three tumans.