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Letter requesting confirmation of Mirza ʻAli Khan Mustawfi Bashi's transfer of his properties to his wife, 1896
Letter requesting confirmation of Mirza ʻAli Khan Mustawfi Bashi's transfer of all his belongings and properties to his wife before he had passed away. The writer emphasizes that Mirza ʻAli Khan had included all buildings, animals, and household furnishings in this tranfer; that the rest of his inheritors have no claim on these properties; any such claim on their part is not valid. It requests that the addressee confirm the truth of this statement in case there is need for it; dated September 1896.
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Petition by Mir Kazim the grocer
Mir Kazim the grocer writes to Hujjat al-Islam to tell him that he had to sell his sugar cube shop to provide for his family, that he has lost all his capital, and while he has opened a grocery shop, he is still unable to afford the cost of living, despite having sold his household furnishings, and even his wife's clothing, three years ago. He has been so desperate that has even pondered killing himself and his family. He requests assistance.
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Sale agreement and settlement, 1902 and 1910
Agreement dated December 11, 1902 between Sakinah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Muqanni [well-digger] and wife of the late Darvish Husayn, and Darvish Ghulam Riza, son of the late Darvish Muhammad Husayn, selling parts of a building in the Aqa [or Aba] neighborhood for twelve tumans, and a settlement dated August 10, 1910 between Sakinah and her son, Darvish Husayn, exchanging all of her belongings, except her clothes, which belong to her daughter, for one hundred dinars and one charik of wheat.
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Power of attorney to get inheritance, 1905
Power of attorney given to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haj Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, by Mirza Samad, son of the late Mulla Muhammad Khurasani from Shiraz, to last for six months from the time of this contract, in order to get his share from his brother’s inheritors, including Firdaws Khanum, daughter of the late Karbalayi Muhammad Hasan, his mother Zahra Sultan, daughter of Haji Haydar and wife of the late Karbalayi Muhammad Hasan, and Haji Haydar, for a house in Shiraz, household furnishings inherited from his mother, Khanum Mah, daughter of Haji Muhammad Taqi, and what is owed to him...
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Power of attorney to get inheritance, 1906
Power of attorney given to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Haji Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, by Haji Muhammad Karim Tabbakh-i Dast-furush [the street-vendor cook] from Shiraz (son of the late Haji Muhammad Sadiq from Shiraz), who is the guardian of the underage son of the late Mashhadi Ghulam Husayn and Hajiyah Bibi (daughter of the late Karbalayi Muhammad) to last for one year from the time of this contract in order to get the child's paternal inheritance, which has been kept by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majid Maktab-dar. Dated April 1, 1906
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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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Copy of settlement between Rubabah and Fatimah Sultan, 1900
Copy of a settlement between Rubabah, daughter of Muhammad Khalil, son of Haj Muhammad from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, and her aunt, Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the merchant Muhammad Mahdi from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, who is Rubabah's mother-in-law, exchanging everything that Rubabah owns, including property, money, gold jewelry, copperware, books, furniture, clothes, and dishes for seventy-five grams of sugar candy.
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Testimony of the daughter of the late Ra’is ‘Ali Zari‘ regarding her father's properties
Testimony of the daughter of the late Ra’is ‘Ali Zari‘ [the farmer], wife of Haji ‘Abd al-Husayn, regarding her father's properties, including his house, house furnishings, and at least two thousand tumans, that the other inheritors have kept because she was underage at the time of her father's death. Eleven people have signed the testimony, and have testified that Ra’is ‘Ali was a wealthy man and his daughter was an infant when he passed away.
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Settlement between Maryam Khanum and her son, 1896
Settlement between Maryam Khanum (‘Aziz al-Hajiyah), daughter of Mirza Aqa Khan (premier) and wife of Mirza ‘Abd Allah Khan Nuri Mustawfi, and her son, Mirza Taqi Khan (military administrator), over his share of inheritance for one thousand and three hundred tumans
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Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum
Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum, daughter of ‘Ali Quli Bayg and wife of Sayyid Taqi, including: 2 copies of a settlement with her brother, Muhammad Ibrahim, regarding his properties in the village of Sulah Darrah (Qazvin), dated October 5, 1891; a settlement with her brother, Najaf Quli Bayg, regarding a garden (March 1, 1892); a document regarding Muhammad Hashim's debt to Khanum Sultan Khanum and a list of his property given to Khanum Sultan Khanum pledged to guarantee the repayment of a debt (November 29, 1892); a sale document of a female donkey between Khanum Sultan Khanum and...
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