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Marriage contract between Qamar Agha Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, 1925
Marriage contract between Qamar Agha Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, dated June 18, 1925. The mahr is 51 tumans, of which 1 tuman is the price of Qurʼan, and some gold.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum Khanum and ‘Abbasquli Mirza, 1930
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum Khanum, daughter of Aqa Mirza Jamal Rawzah Khvan [the preacher], and ‘Abbasquli Mirza, son of Sultan Husayn of Qumshah. The mahr includes: twenty six tumans, two qirans, ten shahis, ten misqals of gold and a Qurʼan worth five tumans.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Furugh-i Ruh Khanum and Mirza Taqi Khan, 1927
Marriage contract of Furugh-i Ruh Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Taqi Khan Mudabbir al-Sultan, and Aqa ‘Abbas‘ali, the son of Aqa Hasan Nazir, on October 28, 1927. The mahr is fifty tumans and a gold ring worth one tuman. The note on the margin, dated June 29, 1934, is the divorce settlement, according to which Furugh-i Ruh Khanum has settled on twenty five tumans, some textiles, a Qur’an, and the gold ring. Aqa ‘Ali Sultanzad guaranteed this payment.
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Settlement regarding divorce, 1933
Mir Muhsin Aqa from Ardabil has the power of attorney from his daughter, Halimah Khanum, to settle the following with her husband, Karbalayi Asad Allah, the son of the late Murad ‘Ali from Ardabil: half of her mahr, which includes seventy five tumans, four misqals of gold, and a Qur’an (valued at twelve thousand dinars) in exchange for Halimah Khanum's clothing and other belongings; he also settles the other half of the mahr as well as Halimah Khanum's rights according to Shari‘a in exchange for the divorce; she shall not have any claims regarding her mahr or remuneration.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Hajiyah and Mashhadi Husayn Misgar, 1928
Marriage contract of Khanum Hajiyah, daughter of Mashhadi Karim Qassab [the butcher] from Shiraz, and Mashhadi Husayn Misgar [the coppersmith], son of Karbalayi Aqa Buzurg from Shiraz; the mahr includes sixty tumans, a Qur‘an worth one tuman, one misqal [unit of weight] of gold, ten misqals of green silk, one charik [unit of weight] of palm starch, and five mans [unit of weight] of salt. The mahr remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Mawlud Khanum and Isma‘il, 1926
Marriage contract of Mawlud Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Sadiq ‘Attar, and Isma‘il, son of Sadiq, specifying the amount of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Rubabah and Mashhadi ‘Abbas, 1929
Marriage contract of Rubabah, daughter of Haj Haydar ‘Ali Naddaf [cotton maker], and Mashhadi ‘Abbas Pizurbaf known as ‘Abbas ‘Ali Pizurbaf, son of the late Muhammad Ja‘far Pizurbaf. The mahr includes a Qurʼan worth five tumans, twenty-six tumans and two thousand ten shahis cash, fifteen misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one-twelfth of the groom's house, and some shares of water.
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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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‘Azra's letter for confirming her marriage and mahr, 1935
Letter written by ‘Azra, daughter of Haj Mirza Husayn Sharif, to Mirza Sayyid Ahmad Pish-namaz [the prayer leader] requesting him to confirm her marriage to the late Mirza Muhammad Riza with a mahr of three hundred tumans, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, a Qurʼan worth five tumans, and ten misqals of silk. He confirms her claims and points out that she had settled one hundred and fifty tumans of her mahr with the late Mirza Muhammad Riza.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sughra and Mirza Muhammad Riza Dastghayb Bihishti, 1928
Marriage contract between Khanum Sughra, daughter of Aqa Mirza, and Mirza Muhammad Riza Dastghayb Bihishti. The mahr includes a copy of the Qur’an worth six qirans, two hundred tumans, three misqals of gold, fifty misqals of raw silk, twenty mans (unit of weight) of salt, and some wheat, all remaining the groom's debt. In addition, the woman has the right to choose the place of residence.