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Will of Sayyid Mahmud Musavi
Will of Sayyid Mahmud Musavi, addressed to his son, Sayyid Husayn Musavi, in which he asks him to take care of the following in case something happens to him in Mecca: Aqa Muhammad Sadiq (one of Sayyid Mahmud's sons) inherits twice as much as his other sons. The all his furniture will belong to Sayyid Mahmud Musavi's wife. The garden's house will be Manuchihr's. They have to spend 1000 tumans for Sayyid Mahmud himself. This will is succeeded by another will, which is different from the first one: in this second will, Sayyid Mahmud writes that his wife will inherit the equivalent of a...
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Will of Hajiyah Aqa, 1868
Hajiyah Aqa, daughter of Asad Allah Khan Shirazi, transfers all her properties to Khadijah Sultan Khanum, daughter of Haji Mirza Muhibb ʻAli Shirazi, provided that Khadijah Sultan Khanum sacrifice a sheep every year on ʻId-i Qurban. The second part is her will, in which she talks about the details of her funeral.
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Dividing property of Mirza Muhammad Khan Fakhim al-Saltanah among his daughters: Zaynab, Rubabah, and Asiyah, 1927
The document reads in part: "Dividing the property of the late Fakhim al-Saltanah: after giving his wives their mahrs and spending one third of his inheritance according to his will, and also after giving each wife a share of the inheritance (an eighth), the rest of the inheritance, including whatever remains of properties, gardens, buildings, furniture, pack animals, pasture, roadsters, and the rest were divided among Fakhim al-Saltanah's daughters, Zaynab Khanum, Rubabah Khanum, and Asiyah Khanum. Each daughter received her share, after which, they lose the right to question this decision...
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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...
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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...
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- Zaynab Khanum (daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Fakhim al-Saltanah)(1)
- Sayyid Mahmud Musavi Ruknabadi(1)
- Rubab Khanum (daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Fakhim al-Saltanah)(1)
- Mirza Muhammad Khan Fakhim al-Saltanah(1)
- Bibi Ruqiyah Musavi Ruknabadi(1)
- Asiyah Khanum (daughter of Mirza Muhammad Khan Fakhim al-Saltanah)(1)