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List of income and expenses, 1900
List of expenses from December 1900 to January 1902. It contains the items and payments received by Mirza Muhammad Riza's mother, Zayn al-ʻAbidin's wife, and Mirza Aqa's wife.
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Marriage agreement of Baygum Agha and Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, 1939
Marriage agreement of Baygum Agha, daughter of Sayyid Karim son of Sayyid Habib Allah from Khuzan, and Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, son of Sayyid Hashim Furushani. The mahr includes one-twelfth of a house in Furushan village, and ninety tumans, of which twenty-six tumans and two-and-one-half riyals remain the groom's debt. The rest should be spent on gold, cotton wool, chintz, trays, and rugs. The groom's father transferred ownership of one-twelfth of the house to his son.
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Marriage agreement of Khanum Sultan and Aqa ʻAbbas, 1922
Marriage agreement of Khanum Sultan, daughter of Karbalayi ʻAbd al-Samad son of the late Hasan from Khuzan, and Aqa ʻAbbas, son of Karbalayi Taqi son of ʻAbbas from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans, one-fourth of a residential building that belonged to the groom's father, located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, a property in Shamsabad that belonged to the groom's mother, a pair of gold earrings worth six tumans, plus six tumans and one-and-a-half mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool to make bedding.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum and Murad ‘Ali, 1891
Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum, daughter of the late Aqa Taqi, and Murad ‘Ali, son of the late Kazim. The mahr includes one tuman and five thousand dinars, one-and-a-half misqals of golden jewelery, copperware, European chintz clothes, a set of bedding made in Qumshah, kilim and a felt rug, and one-sixth of the groom's residential building located in the Ustad Qasim the Carpenter neighborhood of Asfarjan village. On April 26, 1894, the wife settled her mahr and alimony with her husband for two tumans, a donkey, two mans [unit of weight] of flour, a pair of shoes, four zar‘...
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Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, 1916
Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum, daughter of Nazar ‘Ali (son of Haj Muhammad Husayn), and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, son of Muhammad Isma‘il (son of Muhammad Rahim [illegible]). The mahr is one hundred and seventy-six tumans and two thousand dinars. The groom gave sixty tumans of the mahr to the bride for buying a pair of gold earrings, some women's clothes, and some housewares including copperware, dishes, bathing towels, bedding, and [illegible]. The groom gave an additional ninety tumans of the mahr to the bride to buy a house anywhere that is considered appropriate. The rest of the mahr remains the...
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Marriage contract of Sayyidah Baygum and Latif ‘Ali, 1925
Marriage contract of Sayyidah Baygum, the daughter of the late Qadam‘ali Ibn Haj Aqa Hufi, and Latif ‘Ali, the son of the late Muhammad ‘Ali Ibn Haj Muhammad Varnusfadirani. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand and five hundred dinars that remain the groom's debt; forty tumans for Sayyidah Baygum to purchase of women's clothing, jewelry, fabric, copperware, and carpets; and thirty tumans to Sayyidah Baygum to purchase a house in the neighborhood of her choice. Dated January 23, 1925; on verso: "In 1927, Latif ‘Ali paid forty tumans and seven thousand dinars to Sayyidah...
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Settlement between Qamar Sultan and Mashhadi Haji Muhammad, 1886
Settlement between Qamar Sultan, wife of Muhammad Hasan ‘Alaqah-band [the silk maker] from Shiraz, and Mashhadi Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band from Shiraz, son of Haji Muhammad Karim (Qamar Sultan's father), over Qamar Sultan's mahr, including a Qurʼan worth one tuman, fifty tumans, seven misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one charik [unit of weight] raw green silk, one-third of a house located in Sarbagh neighborhood of Shiraz, for fifty tumans, one man [unit of weight] of Russian hard white sugar, and two thousand tumans as the cost of detriments. Dated September 20, 1886
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Will of Shaykh Zayn al-ʻAbidin, 1896
The will of Shaykh Zayn al-ʻAbidin, the Prayer Imam, assigning his underage son, Shaykh Mahmud, as the executor of his will. Since Shaykh Mahmud is underage, his nephews, Shaykh Husayn and Mirza Baqir, should intervene in the affairs until he grows up. The will includes Shaykh Zayn al-ʻAbidin's debts, and the designation of one-third of his properties to pay to someone to fast and pray on his behalf and on behalf of some of his family members.
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Letter from Sarah Clock to Mrs. Platt, 1918
Letter from Sarah A. Clock to Mrs. Platt about receiving her letter, how the Tarbiyat school is functioning, the Tarbiyat school's scholarship, and about weddings, funerals and various religious customs in Iran.