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Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum and Muhammad Husayn, 1926
Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum [Namazi], the daughter of Haj Muhammad Husayn [Namazi] the merchant, and Aqa Muhammad Husayn [Arvand] the merchant, the son of Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Bushihr. The mahr is thirty tumans for a Qur’an, one thousand tumans including five hundred tumans cash and one hundred twenty tumans for fifteen misqal of pearl, one man [unit of weight] of raw green silk from Rasht, twenty mans of salt, and three-sixths of a house, which remains the groom's debt.
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Copy of the marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum Malakah Aqdas (Nayyir Muʻazzam) and Shah Quli Khan Amir Muʻazzam, 1954
A copy of the marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum Malakah Aqdas (the daughter of Muhammad ʻAli Khan Khazin al-Mulk) and Shah Quli Khan Hajib al-Dawlah Amir Muʻazzam. The mahr includes a handwritten Qurʼan with the price of 150 tumans, 5000 tumans, a diamond ring worth 600 tumans, a mirror worth 150 tuman, and a necklace worth 300 tumans. The marriage date is 6 November 1923. The copy is dated is 6 June 1954.
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Marriage contract of Khanum and ‘Ali Khan Sahibjam‘, 1931
Marriage contract of Khanum, daughter of Sayyid Mahmud Khan Mu‘tasam al-Dawlah, and ‘Ali Khan Sahibjam‘, son of Khan Baba Khan Sahibjam‘; the mahr is two thousand and five hundred tumans as well as a copy of the Qur’an, two rings, and a cashmere shawl. Five hundred tumans and the items were given to the bride and the rest 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 between Fatimah Baygum Khanum and Muʼtaman al-Sultan Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi Hirati, 1941
Marriage contract between Fatimah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Jan Mustawfi Hirati, and Muʼtaman al-Sultan Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi Hirati, the son of Mirza Muhammad Hirati. The mahr is 300 tumans, of which 100 tumans is the price of gold and jewelry, 100 tumans is the price of carpets, bedding, and copper dishes, 50 tumans is the price of a Qurʼan, and 50 tumans is the price of an Abyssinian slave.
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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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Dowry registry of Mawlud Khanum, 1926
Dowry registry of Mawlud Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Sadiq ‘Attar and wife of Isma‘il
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Mahyar Khalili's interview
Mahyar Khalili's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi and Mihrdad Ghaffari on 6 June 2013. Mahyar Khalili shares his memory of old time weddings, and also other memories related to family members.
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Kamran Dowlatshahi's Interview
Kamran Dowlatshahi's interview conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi and Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar in Davood Mirza Muzaffari Qajar's house on 30 October 2009. He shares his memories of family members, acquaintances, and the daily life and rituals of people, especially women, in the Qajar era.
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Parvanah Sulaymani- part 1
Parvanah Sulaymani's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on December 4, 2018; Parvanah Khanum shares memories of her childhood, her mother and father, and other family members
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