Search
-
2Images
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Husayn, 1891
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi Hasan, and Aqa Muhammad Husayn, the son of Habib Allah, dated May 5, 1891. The mahr includes 10 tumans, a bed covering made in Khvansar, a carpet, copper containers, and one sixth of the common rooms on the upper and lower level. The note on the verso reads: "Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum settled her mahr with her husband for a certain amount of money."
-
1Images
Marriage contract of Khatun Jajanam [Khatun Jan Khanum [?]] with Muhammad Husayn, 1874
The marriage contract of Khatun Jajanam [Khatun Jan Khanum [?]], the daughter of Haj Muhammad Sadiq, and Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haj Muhammad Baqir on 29 September 1874. The mahr includes 12 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering (made in Isfahan), carpet, a walnut tree, a garden, and one twelfth of a house (including sanctuary, storage room, a room, and stable).
-
2Images
Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum with Mirza ʻAbd Allah, 1859
The marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAli with Mirza ʻAbd Allah, son of Aqa Muhammad Sabir on 10 December 1859. The mahr is 6 tumans Ashrafi (equal to 20 misqals red gold), copper dishes and containers, a qalamkar bed covering (made in Isfahan), carpet and rugs. On verso, Sakinah Khanum settles all her rights to her husband. In 1888 after her husband's death, Sakinah Khanum confirms this settlement once more, receives her dowry, and gives 20 tumans to Mirza ʻAbd Allah's underage children.
-
1Images
Marriage contract of Mina Baygum and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, 1855
Marriage contract of Mina Baygum, the daughter of Abu al-Hasan, and Mashhadi ʻAbd Allah, the son of Ustad Aqa Baba, with a mahr of 60 tumans, which includes: 50 tumans manat, a set of bedding worth four tumans, a ewer and basin worth two tumans, two trays worth three tumans, and a lamp worth one tuman.
-
1Images
Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan Khanum and Sayyid Taqi, 1874
Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan Khanum, daughter of ‘Aliquli Bayg, and Sayyid Taqi, with a description of the mahr, which included 33 tumans.
-
2Images
Marriage contract between Khvurshid Khanum and Asad Allah, 1876
Marriage contract between Khvurshid Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, and Asad Allah, the son of Aqa Jaʻfar, dated December 18, 1876. The mahr includes 30 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering from Isfahan worth 4 tumans, room carpets including a rug and corner felt rugs worth 8 tumans, parts of lands and gardens, some properties in Vadasht, and one and a third walnut trees. On the verso: "after dividing the properties of Aqa Jaʻfar among his children, and calculating the shares of the bridegroom's brothers, one acre from the four acre lands of Aqa Taqi was settled for [fifteen] qafiz of the...
-
1Images
Marriage contract of Baygum Jan and Mulla ‘Abd Allah, 1874
Marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of ‘Ali Quli Bayg, and Mulla ‘Abd Allah, son of Mulla Husayn. The mahr is eleven tumans: five tumans for a qalamkar bedding; five tumans for a rug, a kilim, and a felt; one tuman remains groom's debt.
-
1Images
Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, 1886
Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum, the daughter of Ustad Muhammad Rahim Allah Abadi, and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, the son of Aqa Mirza Kazim from Isfahan. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and shares of land, twenty-five tumans for building a house, seventeen tumans to buy women's outfits, twelve tumans for buying and selling, five tumans for bedding, one pair of earrings worth five tumans, and six tumans to buy copperware.
-
2Images
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum and Husayn Pasha Khan, 1885
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj Khanum, daughter of ʻAbd al-Samad Khan Hasanabadi, and Husayn Pasha Khan Ajudanbashi [Head of aide-de-camp] of Amirtuman Amirbahadur, Muzaffar al-Din Shah's defence minister, dated May 24, 1885. The mahr is 500 tumans, a set of bedding worth 20 tumans, and a gold ring with a ruby gem worth 30 tumans. The witnesses are Karbalayi Fath Allah Taymur Bayg Mubashir and Aqa Mir ʻAli Akbar Mardanqumi
-
1Images
Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum and ʻAli, 1885
Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad from Fushazdah, and ʻAli, the oldest son of Ramazan from Dumchal. The mahr includes fifty-one tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, some women's clothes and accessories, and some gold.
Filter
- D Reset
Genres
- Dmarriage contracts
Subjects
- mahr(40)
- bedding(40)
- marriage(39)
- money(33)
- property and property management(26)
- carpets(25)
- copper(24)
- clothing(20)
- gold(18)
- gardens(13)
- household furnishings(8)
- jewels and jewelry(7)
- animals(6)
- Qur’an(6)
- water and irrigation(4)
- slaves(4)
- silver(4)
- stores(3)
- qanats(3)
- husband and wife(3)
- more
- mahr(40)
- bedding(40)
- marriage(39)
- money(33)
- property and property management(26)
- carpets(25)
- copper(24)
- clothing(20)
- gold(18)
- gardens(13)
- household furnishings(8)
- jewels and jewelry(7)
- animals(6)
- Qur’an(6)
- water and irrigation(4)
- slaves(4)
- silver(4)
- stores(3)
- qanats(3)
- husband and wife(3)
- divorce(3)
- baths and bath accessories(3)
- alimony(3)
- power of attorney(2)
- housing(2)
- fabrics(2)
- weddings(1)
- shoes(1)
- servants(1)
- kitchenware(1)
- grains(1)
- dowry(1)
- children(1)
- agriculture(1)
Subjects
Collections
People
- Muhammad Sadiq (son of Mirza Husayn)(3)
- Habib Allah (son of Sakinah and Muhammad Saʻid)(2)
- ‘Ali Quli Bayg (Khatibi Collection)(1)
- Zinat al-Nisaʼ (daughter of Aqa ʻAli)(1)
- Shahrbanu Baygum Munis ‘Ali(1)
- Sayyid ‘Abd al-Vahhab(1)
- Sayyid Taqi (son of Mir Husayn)(1)
- Muhammad Saʻid (son of Aqa Ismaʻil)(1)
- Mirza Muhammad Husayn (son of Haji Sayyid Qasim)(1)
- Mirza Muhammad (Shahdad Fazeli collection)(1)
- Mirza Husayn (Shahdad Fazeli collection)(1)
- Masʻud Masʻudi Khurasani(1)
- Maryam Jan Baygum (Afaq Bibi Jahan)(1)
- Khvurshid Khanum (daughter of Bibi Zahra and Habib Allah)(1)
- Khanum Sultan Khanum (daughter of ‘Aliquli Bayg)(1)
- Khanum Buzurg (Malik Sultan)(1)
- Asad Allah (son of Aqa Jaʻfar)(1)
- Aqa ʻAli (Shahdad Fazeli collection)(1)
- Aqa Jaʻfar (son of ʻAmu ʻAli)(1)
Places
Transcription
Periods
- D Nasir al-Din Shah