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Marriage contract of ʻIzzat al-Saltanah and ʻAbbas Mirza, April or May 1911
Marriage contract between Zahra Khanum (ʻIzzat al-Saltanah), daughter of Nizam al-Saltanah, and ʻAbbas Mirza, son of ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma. The sidaq (mahr) is ten thousand tumans - 1,500 tumans in cash, three shares in the village of Dalaki near Shiraz, valued at 8,500 tumans, and a handwritten Qur’an.
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Marriage contract of ʻAbd al-Vahhab Khan and Shahrbanu Baygum
Marriage contract of Aqa Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahab Khan, son of Mirza ʻAli Muhammad Khan (Minister of Dar al-Shura and First Exchequer) and Shahrbanu Baygum (Shams al-Muluk), daughter of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan. The mahr includes 500 tumans and a Qur’an. The father of groom has also purchased a share of the village of Karkan (from the bride's father) and gifted it to his son for him to include in the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Bagum and Sayyid Hasan, 1886
Marriage contract of Sakinah Bagum, daughter of Haj Mirza Habib Allah, and Sayyid Hasan, son of Sayyid ʻAli. The mahr is one hundred tumans, which remains the groom's debt, and one-third of Dizaj Param village, which the groom's father willingly gives as a part of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Mirza Shafiʻ Khan and Fatimah Khanum
Marriage contract between Mirza Shafiʻ Khan, son of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan, and Fatimah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza Khan Saraydar Bashi. The mahr includes a share in the village of Karkan Arak, 600 tumans (of which 100 tumans is the purchase price of a female domestic), a Qur’an written in the hand of Mirza Shafiʻ Tabrizi, pearl prayer beads [tasbih], and other gifts given to the bride by the father of the groom. Bride's father also gifted another share of the same village to the groom.
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Marriage contract of Gul Andam and Muhammad Sharif, 1874
Marriage contract of Gul Andam, daughter of the late Karbalayi ‘Abdul Khan, and Muhammad Sharif Bayg, son of the late Karbalayi Rustam (from Jalilabad); the mahr is twenty tumans, one thousand dinars, and some property
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Marriage contract of Taj al-Muluk and Mirza Ahmad Mani‘ al-Dawlah,1929
Marriage contract of Taj al-Muluk, daughter of Muhammad Husayn Aqa Khan Salar A‘zam (from Azarbayjan), and Mirza Ahmad Khan Mani‘ al-Dawlah, son of Mirza As‘ad Allah (from Zanjan); the mahr includes three-sixths of Amirabad village, two hundred and fifty misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one thousand misqals of silver, and a Qur’an worth fifty tumans
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Marriage contract of Akhtar al-Muluk and Jalal Khan, 1924
Marriage contract of Akhtar al-Muluk Khanum, daughter of Mirza Ibrahim Khan Munshi Bashi, and Jalal Khan (treasurer), son of ‘Abd Allah Khan Tavallali. The mahr includes two thousand tumans and a copy of a Qur’an worth one hundred tumans.
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Marriage contract of ‘Iffat Khanum and Mirza ‘Aliriza, 1917
Marriage contract of ‘Iffat Khanum, daughter of Mir Sayyid Mahmud Khan Mu‘tasam al-Dawlah, and Mirza ‘Aliriza Khan Doctor Majma‘ al-Hikmatayn (from Kashan), son of Mirza ‘Ali Akbar Hakim Bashi (from Kashan). The mahr is one thousand two hundred and sixty tumans, including a copy of the Qurʼan, cash, clothing, jewelry, mirrors, lamps, and a piece of land and water share from the ‘Abd Allah farm in Nush Abad village in Kashan.
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- ‘Iffat Khanum (daughter of Mir Sayyid Mahmud Mu‘tasam al-Dawlah)(1)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- ‘Abbas Mirza Farmanfarma’ian Salar Lashkar(1)
- Zahra Sultan ʻIzzat al-Saltanah(1)
- Riza Quli Khan Nizam Mafi (Nizam al-Saltanah)(1)
- Mirza ‘Aliriza Majma‘ al-Hikmatayn(1)
- Mir Sayyid Mahmud Mu‘tasam al-Dawlah(1)
- Jalal Khan Tavallali(1)
- Akhtar al-Muluk (daughter of Mirza Ibrahim)(1)