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Receipt for partial Settlement over alimony by Tuba Khanum, 1929
Receipt for partial settlement over alimony by Tuba Khanum, known as Shams al-Muluk, daughter of Haji Mirza ʻAbd al-Muttalib Adib Kashani, admitting the receiving of alimony from her husband, Aqa Mirza ʻAli Khan Mahmudi.
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Legal documents regarding marriage and divorce of Maʻsumah Khanum and Karbalayi ʻAbbas, 1927-1929
Marriage contract and divorce settlement of Maʻsumah Khanum and Karbalayi ʻAbbas and two powers of attorney.
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Power of attorney from ‘Ismat Khanum to Aqa Husayn Khan, 1930
‘Ismat Khanum, daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali from Vidja, gives power of attorney to Aqa Husayn Khan, to claim her mahr and alimony from her husband, ‘Abbas‘ali from Vidja, within three months.
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Divorce settlement and marriage contract
Divorce settlement of Sakinah Sultan, daughter of Siddiq Qanbar ‘Ali, and Karbalayi Muhammad Tupchi, son of deceased Karbalayi Isma‘il (from Kirman Shahan), over waiving her mahr and alimony, till after the waiting period. Should he wish to return within that period, then he must pay her alimony at a daily rate of half a silver qiran. Marriage contract of Raziyah Baygum and Aqa Shaykh Javad. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which thirty tumans were paid to the bride, and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Division of Haji Mirza Muhammad's inheritance, 1926
Haji Mirza Muhammad's inheritance has been divided amongst the following: his two wives, Bibi Khatun (daughter of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Ali), and Zaynab Khanum; and his children, Sakinah Sultan (wife of Aqa Sayyid Muhammad), Rubabah Khanum (wife of Aqa Mirza Muhammad), Umm Layli (wife of Aqa Husayn Ibn Hasan Ibn Riza), Aqa Muhammad Husayn, Aqa Murtiza, and Aqa Mustafa and Yahya (his underage sons). It is noted that all his wives’ shares and entitlements, including the mahr and alimony, have been taken into account.
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Petition about an alimony dispute
An unidentified woman asks Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to intervene in an alimony dispute involving payment in wheat, kindling and lumber.
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan and Mulla Ghulamhusayn, 1932
Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan, the daughter of Habib, and Mulla Ghulamhusayn, the son of Mulla Nazar ʻAli, with a mahr of: some pieces of land, five local mans of copper worth seven tumans, ten mans of kilims and felt worth 10 tumans, two outfits to be bought for six tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, 50 tumans that remain the groom's debt, and two sixths of an inherited house. The husband gave power of attorney for his wife to divorce herself if he does not pay his wife the monthly alimony of 15 qirans for three years (due to travel or absence from home) in the 50 years after...
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Settlement between ‘Ismat Khanum and ‘Abbas‘ali, 1930
Settlement between ‘Ismat Khanum, daughter of Aqa Sayyid ‘Ali, and her husband, ‘Abbas‘ali (son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali from Vidja) about paying the alimony and mahr during the three-month waiting period under the condition that ‘Ismat Khanum stays at his paternal house with ‘Abbas‘ali's mother and sister.