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Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum and Ahmad Khan, 1923
Marriage contract of Sultan Khanum, a divorcee, and Haji Ahmad Khan Shatir Bashi [the baker]. The mahr is three tumans, five thousand dinars, and a Qur’an.
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Marriage contract of Mihr Jahan and Najafquli, 1829
Marriage contract of Mihr Jahan, with Mulla Muhammad (preacher) as attorney, and Najafquli, son of Haj Fath‘ali Bayg, with Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-Jabbar (judge) as attorney. The mahr is three thousand tumans and a copy of a Qur’an; one thousand and five hundred tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Nazanin and Karbalayi Farrukh, 1887
Marriage contract of Nazanin, daughter of Karbalayi Aqa (grocer), with her father as attorney, and Karbalayi Farrukh, son of Karbalayi Husayn (grocer), with Mashhadi Samad (leathersmith from Dilmaqan) as attorney. The mahr is ninety tumans as well as three thousands dinars for a copy of a Qur’an.
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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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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and ‘Abd al-Husayn, 1896
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Karbalayi Aqa, with Mashhadi Muhammad Taqi (son of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Rahim (merchant)) as attorney, and ‘Abd al-Husayn, son of Karbalayi Mirza Muhammad, with his brother (‘Abd al-Hashim) as attorney. The mahr is eighty tumans as well as one tuman for a copy of a Qur’an.