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Settlement of ‘Abd al-Muttalib's wife regarding her mahr, 1890
The late ‘Abd al-Muttalib owed his wife her mahr, which was 17 tumans. She willingly spent 7 tumans from this for charity and prayer on his behalf and the rest, in addition to her share of inheritance, was settled in exchange for two tumans.
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Letter from ‘Ismat Khanum to Iran-i naw, 1910
‘Ismat, daughter of Haji Ghafur Nanva (baker), writes about helping people of Ardabil by using her own mahr
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Legal documents related to division of inheritance of Nanah Khanum and ‘Ali Asghar
Includes: 1- Karbalayi ‘Ali Asghar divides his belongings among his sons, ‘Ali and Husayn, and his wife, Nanah Khanum (the daughter of Murad ‘Ali), in exchange for six thousand dinars. The note on the margin emphasizes that Nanah Khanum has no rights over her mahr after this (1882); 2- Karbalayi ‘Ali Asghar, the son of Karbalayi Hasan, has made a will before his pilgrimage, dividing a third of his belongings among inhertors as well as allocating money for charity and prayer after his death. ‘Ali Asghar's daughters, Zaynab, Sara, Zahra, and Umm Layli, have settled with their brother, Husayn,...
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Haji Hamzah Aqa's will, 1891
Haji Hamzah Aqa, the merchant from Tabriz, has added the following articles to the will he had drawn up earlier: one, donating his Egyptian fur coat to the executor of his will; two, regarding his deceased wife: he had specified her mahr and her other rights in his will, but since her death, it was paid off in total, except for forty tumans for prayers on her behalf, for which he is still responsible. He has specified that after his death, they should pray for twenty-two years and three months on her behalf; third, regarding the fasts and prayers mentioned in the will: five years should be...
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Will and settlement of Mirza Ibrahim with his wife and children, 1877
Mirza Ibrahim the merchant, the son of Haj Mir Husayn, transfers all of his belongings, including his house, garden, the shops in Sarab, and the bath, to his three sons, Karbalayi Mir Aqa, Aqa Mir Baqir, and Aqa Mir Abu al-Qasim in exchange for a pair of leather shoes worth five thousand dinars and one man [unit of weight] of wheat, provided that he benefits from the income of the above properties while he is alive and that after his death, his sons pay one hundred tumans to his two daughters (fifty tumans each), Saltanat Khanum and Sitarah Khanum, and spend one hundred tumans on [Mirza...
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Settlement between Khanum Sultan and Aqa Baygum, 1911
After Nayib Ibrahim, son of Haji Muhammad Baqir from Khuzan, died without leaving a will, there was a dispute between Nayib Ibrahim's wife Khanum Sultan, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Hasan from Andan, and Nayib Ibrahim's daughter Aqa Baygum, wife of ‘Abd al-Rahman. Khanum Sultan demanded her share of the inheritance and what was hers according to her marriage contract. This settlement is between Mirza Aqa ‘Ali Akbar, on behalf of Khanum Sultan, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad, on behalf of Aqa Baygum, over Khanum Sultan's share of the inheritance, her mahr, and the gold mentioned in her marriage...
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Letter from Khanum Kuchak to Iran-i naw, 1910
Khanum Kuchak, daughter of Shaykh Aqa from Astarabad offers her present (a pair of earrings) as well as fifty tumans from her mother's mahr as donations for ʻIraq [-i ʻajam (Arak)]
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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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Will of Iskandar Khan Sawlat al-Sultan, 1912
Will of Iskandar Khan Sawlat al-Sultan, who has appointed his brother, Habib Allah Khan Sultan, as the executor of the will, and his wife [Hajiyah Baygum Khanum], the daughter of Aqa Mirza ‘Abd al-Husayn, as the overseer. One-fifth of his belongings, including animals, household furnishings, clothing, and jewelry, goes to his wife as her mahr and other prerogatives. After deducting his debts, one-third of the remainings should be spent for his burial in Najaf, fasts and prayers, and charity. What remains will be divided among the inheritors.
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...