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Mah Sultan's will, 1903
Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, known as Mah Sultan, the daughter of Haji Mirza ‘Abd al-Muttalib, has appointed Aqa Mirza Muhammad Sahib Amin al-Tujjar, the son of Haji ‘Abd al-Husayn Amin al-Tujjar from Shiraz, as the executor of her will regarding her inherited property from her late husband, Haj ‘Abd al-Husayn, as her mahr and as half of her one-eighth share. Khayr al-Nisa’ has left all her belongings to her daughter, Fatimah Baygum known as Bibi Kuchak, for which she is responsible for the cost of forty years of prayers and fast on behalf of her mother.
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1832
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, the daughter of Muhammad Baqir, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Simaun Bayg from Georgia. The mahr includes: 30 tumans cash, some crimson gold, five shah-mans of copperware, five mans of carpet, kilims and felt worth nine tumans, a set of qalamkar bedding worth five tumans, 20 sheep worth 10 tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth 10 tumans, one twelfth of a building called Muhammadkhani, some other properties, water use, a mill, and one twelfth of a garden. On June 22, 1847, Shahrbanu settled all of the cash and gold in her mahr for 30 tumans and a shah-man of...