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Settlement between Akhtar Khanum and her father, 1914
Settlement between Akhtar Khanum and her father, Ghulam Husayn Khan the Colonel Navvab Kayvan Mirza, son of Sultan Jalal al-Din Mirza, over her mahr, which includes a volume of the Qurʼan worth two tumans, fifty [illegible] of green silk, and three hundred tumans, in exchange for one man [unit of weight] of wheat and two thousand dinars
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Marriage contract of Bibi Batul and Mirza ‘Ali, 1913
Marriage contract of Bibi Batul Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali Dihdashti the merchant, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali, the son of Aqa Mirza Muhammad Amin al-Tujjar. The mahr is a Qur’an worth one hundred tumans, four thousand tumans, ten misqals of pearl worth three hundred and fifty tumans, fifty misqals of gold, two mans [unit of weight] of green silk, three mans of wheat, and ten mans salt. All remains the groom’s debt.
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Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1910
Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Karbalayi ‘Ali and Aqa Muhammad Riza, the son of Aqa Mashhadi Asad Allah. The mahr is twenty six tumans and two thousand and five hundred dinars, a Qur‘an (one tuman value), seven misqals of gold (twenty one tumans value), and a portion of land, which was settled to the groom by Khavar Sultan, the daughter of Aqa Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, in exchange for some wheat and one hundred dinars. Aside from the piece of land, the mahr totals forty eight tumans and two and a half qirans [two thousand and five hundred dinars], which remains the...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Baqir, 1897
Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Ismaʻil Kulah-mal, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Ustad Husayn. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans and fifty shahis, one twenty-fourth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Isfahan, and a Qurʼan worth one tuman. On June 18, 1905, Fatimah Baygum settled her mahr, except the part of the mentioned property, with her husband for one hundred dinars in order to get a divorce. Then, on August 30, 1905, they remarried and the husband settled the ten tumans he owed to the wife for one hundred dinars and some wheat. The mahr,...
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To ‘Amid Lashkar
[Probably from Muntasir Lashkar to ‘Amid Lashkar]; refers to: the addressees' note on the back of Sitvat al-Saltanah's letter, the sending of the ceremony's uniform through the postal services, the purchase of ‘Ata Bayg's share and Sitvat al-Saltanah's recommendation, the finances and documents of the Nasir regiment, acquiring grain, overseeing Mirza Abu Turab Khan's studies and his memorization of Qur’an chapters, and requests by ‘Azimat Khanum and Mirza Abu Turab Khan for clothing.
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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 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.
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Booklet of documents
Documents related to women are the following: seq. 23: "I, Haj ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, have received all the jewelry of my deceased wife, Nabat Khanum, which was left with the wife of Haji Vakil al-Dawlah for safekeeping, plus three documents that were not listed. December 29, 1886"; seq. 27: a few years ago, the deceased Nabat Khanum from Tehran, the wife of the deceased ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, had left 1000 tumans with Haji Aqa Muhammad Hasan Vakil al-Dawlah, representative of the government of the United Kingdom, who claims on the...
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Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906
Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom's father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of...
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Settlement of Mirza ‘Ali Khan Furqani and his children, 1930
Mirza ‘Ali Khan Furqani, the former Nayyir al-Mamalik of Isfahan, exchanged four-sixths of his house of residence near the Jami‘ mosque of Isfahan with his two sons, ‘Ali Asghar and ‘Ali Akbar, and the baby (girl or boy) who is still in her/his mother's womb, for one hundred dinars and ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy. He has additionally settled all his household furnishings, including copperware, carpets, beddings, clothing, books, Qur’an, stationaries, food supplies, such as flour and legumes, and any other items, even a nail that might be on the wall, to his three children...
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