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Two divorce settlements and two marriage contracts
Divorce settlement of Husna Khanum and Shaykh ʻAbd al-Khaliq, son of Shaykh Baba, August 2, 1882; the divorce settlement of Gulavkhatun and Ghaffar, [1882]; the marriage contract of Khanumkay (Khanumgah) Khanum and Mirza Kazim, represented by Shaykh Sharif and Mulla ʻAbd al-Javad, 1881. The mahr is 200 tumans; the marriage contract of Khanum Khass (with her brother's permission) and Nasr Allah, 1881. The mahr is 10 tumans.
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Marriage Contract, settlements, and divorce agreement between Khadijah Khanum and Mirza Ghulamhusayn, 1876
Marriage contract between Khadijah Khanum, daughter of Ustad Muhammad ‘Ali Mi‘mar, and Mirza Aqa Ghulamhusayn, son of Aqa Nazar. The mahr was forty tumans, from which ten tumans was handed to the bride by the groom (1876). On verso, there are three related settlements dating 1890 and 1899 about their divorce and issues of mahr, alimony, etc.
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Power of attorney for divorce, 1873
Sayyid Ni‘mat Allah, son of Sayyid Isma‘il, known as Shah Kuchak, gives power of attorney to Mirza Muhammad, the son of Mirza Muhammad Sadiq, to divorce his wife, Shah Bibi, the daughter of Sayyid Mahdi Shah Ni‘mat Allah, on his behalf after addressing issues regarding the mahr and the settlement of household goods and animals that his wife had taken.
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Three marriage contracts
Three Marriage contracts: the marriage contract of Tuhfah Khanum and ʻAbd al-Samad in [1888?] with a mahr of 19 misqals of gold; the marriage contract of Khavar Khanum, daughter of Ustad Baba (the masseur), and Faraj Allah, son of Husayn Quli Bayg, including divorce stipulations and the testimony of witnesses, 1888. The mahr was 10 tumans and Khavar Khanum gifts it to her father; the marriage contract of Pari Zad and ʻAli Khan with a mahr of 3 tumans, 1888
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Divorce affidavit, 1851
The document reads: "It has been asked that those faithful and righteous people who are knowledgeable and benevolent testify that on September 6, 1851, I was present at Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad's house and Sara, known as Kuchak Khanum, the daughter of Mulla ʻAbd Allah Jadid al-Islam, was also present and transferred all of her mahr, which was 60 tumans and 20 misqal gold, to me and I divorced her instead and left the divorce contract by Mirza ʻAbd al-Javad." On the margin: "The wife mentioned was divorced by her husband in the presence of the claimant, foregoing her mahr. The divorce document...
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Baygum and Haj ‘Abd Allah, 1880
Marriage contract of Kawkab Baygum, daughter of Haj Sayyid Ahmad, and Haj ‘Abd Allah, son of Haj ‘Ali, with a mahr of eighty tumans, ten tumans of which was given to the bride at the time of the marriage. The rest remains groom's debt. The marriage contract also includes the following conditions: if, in the first fifty years of the marriage, the groom travels for two full years without paying alimony to the bride, the bride can divorce herself and release the groom from paying half of the mahr. Additionally, the groom is not permited to take the bride out of the region without her consent.
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Divorce settlement between Nush Afarin Khanum and Aqa Hasan Shari‘atmadar, 1881
Divorce settlement between Nush Afarin Khanum (daughter of the late Sadiq Khan) with her husband Aqa Hasan Shari‘atmadar (the local religious notable); the setllement covers Nushafarin Khanum's mahr and alimony and her other rights. All of the clothes and other belongings, worth 75 tumans, were received and and repossessed. Because of the mutually agreed divorce, her husband gave Mirza Asad Allah power of attorney to execute the divorce based on the divorce contract. Nush Afarin Khanum delegated to Aqa the right to divorce her and gave away her right of alimony. Nush Afarin Khanum and her...
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Marriage contract of the daughter of Ustad Hasan Saffar and Ustad Ibrahim, 1873
Marriage contract of the daughter of Ustad Hasan Saffar (the son of ʻAli Muhammad Qurban) [her name is not legible] and Ustad Ibrahim, the son of Mulla Khudabakhsh. The mahr is 15 tumans, which includes: an outfit to be bought, five mans of copper, 10 mans of carpet, kilims, and felt. Nine tumans remain the groom's debt. If the groom does not give alimony to the bride in his absence, the bride can divorce herself. Also, the groom is not permitted to take the bride out of the region.
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Marriage contract and divorce settlement, 1884 and 1888
One side is the marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn son of Sayyid Nasr Allah, and Muhammad Isma‘il, son of the late Muhammad Riza Da’i. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which the groom paid thirty tumans in women's clothing, rugs, gold, and copper worth five tumans. The other thirty tumans remain the groom's debt. The other side is the divorce settlement of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn from Gazirgah, and Ismaʻil, son of the late Riza Mushki-baf from Gazirgah. Baygum Jan settled her mahr, alimony, and clothing for twenty-five dirams [dirhams] and two copper coins...
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Marriage contract of Shamsi Baygum and Muhammad Sadiq Darban, 1870
Marriage contract of Shamsi Baygum, daughter of Haj Sayyid Ahmad Khayyat [tailor] Darban, and Muhammad Sadiq Darban [illegible], son of Mulla Muhammad Husayn Kashani. The mahr includes twelve tumans, twelve misqals of rose gold worth twelve tumans, twelve mans of copperware worth twelve tumans, sets of rugs and bedding worth twelve tumans, and fifteen tumans for the purchase of a residential house. The marriage contract also includes the following conditions: in the first fifty years of the marriage, if the husband travels for two whole years without paying alimony to the wife, she can...
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