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Power of attorney, 1855
The document reads, in part: Aqa Ghulamriza (son of Aqa ʻAli ʻAskar) and his children, Haji Husayn, Muhammad Riza, and Umm Kulsum, have appointed Aqa Muhammad Hasan (son of Aqa Husayn) as their attorney to reclaim their shares of the inherited properties of the deceased Bibi Khanum (daughter of Aqa Muhammad Riza son of Haji ʻAzim) and Aqa Ghulamriza's wife and mother of the mentioned children. Bibi Khanum had inherited these properties from her father, Aqa Muhammad Riza. The attorney has to reclaim the house, the workplace, the shops, the Khvajah Ashrafi Garden, the garden in Turanj...
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Marriage contract between Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1854
Marriage contract between Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAli, and Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on June 23, 1854. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, a room's carpets, including a rug and a pair of felt rugs, a qalamkar bed covering, parts of some gardens and one sixth of a dyer's shop. These properties were part of the bridegroom's mother's mahr but went on to be included in the bride's mahr. On the verso there are two settlements: the first is between the bride [Zinat al-Nisaʼ Khanum] and her paternal uncle, Aqa Mirza Husayn, dated June 23, 1854, regarding some...
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum with Mirza Rahim, 1868
Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza Rahim, the son of Mirza Husayn, on April 11, 1868. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, room carpets including a rug and felt worth 10 tumans, and a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan. It also includes some properties belonging to the bridegroom's mother, father, and paternal aunt, which were settled with the bridegroom and were then included in mahr. A note on the verso reads: "Aqa Mirza Rahim"