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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 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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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 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...
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu with Karbalayi ʻAbbas, 1896
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, the daughter of Karbalayi Ibrahim, and Karbalayi ʻAbbas, the son of Ismaʻil. The mahr is 30 tumans, which includes: two-sixths of a plum garden for seven tumans, two upper and lower houses for five tumans, part of water usage for four tumans, five sheep and a goat for two tumans, a set of bedding and sleepwear for one tuman, a carpet and a wool carpet for two tumans, two-and-a-half mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper, four tumans in cash, and two sets of outfits bought from the bazaar for three tumans. On February 3, 1897 the husband gave one...
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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 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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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 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.