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Marriage contract of Mihr Jahan and Najafquli, 1829
Marriage contract of Mihr Jahan, with Mulla Muhammad (preacher) as attorney, and Najafquli, son of Haj Fath‘ali Bayg, with Haj Mirza ‘Abd al-Jabbar (judge) as attorney. The mahr is three thousand tumans and a copy of a Qur’an; one thousand and five hundred tumans remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Nazanin and Karbalayi Farrukh, 1887
Marriage contract of Nazanin, daughter of Karbalayi Aqa (grocer), with her father as attorney, and Karbalayi Farrukh, son of Karbalayi Husayn (grocer), with Mashhadi Samad (leathersmith from Dilmaqan) as attorney. The mahr is ninety tumans as well as three thousands dinars for a copy of a Qur’an.
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Marriage contract of Mihr Mah Khanum and Qahriman Mirza ʻAyn al-Saltanah, 1909
Marriage contract of Mihr Mah Khanum, daughter of Rahim Khan Muguyi, and Qahriman Mirza ʻAyn al-Saltanah, son of ʻIzz al-Dawlah. The Mahr includes 400 tumans and a Qurʼan. The last page of this document certifies the divorce of Mihr Mah Khanum and Qahriman Mirza ʻAyn al-Saltanah, and the payment of Mahr by Rafʻat al-Sultan on behalf of ʻAyn al-Saltanah in 4 September of 1912.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and ‘Abd al-Husayn, 1896
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Karbalayi Aqa, with Mashhadi Muhammad Taqi (son of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Rahim (merchant)) as attorney, and ‘Abd al-Husayn, son of Karbalayi Mirza Muhammad, with his brother (‘Abd al-Hashim) as attorney. The mahr is eighty tumans as well as one tuman for a copy of a Qur’an.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Baqir, 1897
Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Ismaʻil Kulah-mal, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Ustad Husayn. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans and fifty shahis, one twenty-fourth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Isfahan, and a Qurʼan worth one tuman. On June 18, 1905, Fatimah Baygum settled her mahr, except the part of the mentioned property, with her husband for one hundred dinars in order to get a divorce. Then, on August 30, 1905, they remarried and the husband settled the ten tumans he owed to the wife for one hundred dinars and some wheat. The mahr,...
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Booklet of documents
Documents related to women are the following: seq. 23: "I, Haj ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, have received all the jewelry of my deceased wife, Nabat Khanum, which was left with the wife of Haji Vakil al-Dawlah for safekeeping, plus three documents that were not listed. December 29, 1886"; seq. 27: a few years ago, the deceased Nabat Khanum from Tehran, the wife of the deceased ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, had left 1000 tumans with Haji Aqa Muhammad Hasan Vakil al-Dawlah, representative of the government of the United Kingdom, who claims on the...
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Marriage contract of Marziyah Baygum and Mir Nasr Abu Talib, 1911
Marriage contract of Marziyah Baygum, daughter of ‘Abd al-Javad the preacher from ّUpper Banuyah, and Mir Nasr Abu Talib, son of Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali. The mahr is ten tumans in cash, ten tumans to buy rose gold, ten tumans to buy clothes, some properties in Banuyah, and five tumans for acquiring a Qurʼan.
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Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj and Iskandar Khan, 1904
Marriage contract of Zarrin Taj, daughter of [illegible], and Iskandar Khan, son of Baba Khan. The mahr includes a Qurʼan, a set of rugs, a set of bedding, copperware, and some property.
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Documents regarding Zarrin Taj's complaint, 1924 to 1927
Documents regarding the complaint by Zarrin Taj Khanum, daughter of Ibrahim Khan Kurd-bachchah, against Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Mu‘allim (teacher), son of Mirza Rizq Allah, over her mahr and alimony. Includes affidavits on behalf of Zarrin Taj and Zia’ Huzur, Chief Editor of Sharq newspaper, about her marriage, Mirza ‘Ali Khan's other wife and children, his refraining to pay alimony, beating Zarrin Taj and her hospitalization at the American hospital; copy of their marriage contract, power of attorney from Zarrin Taj Khanum and Mirza ‘Ali Khan to their respective attorneys; affidavit on...
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