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Power of attorney for divorce, 1921
Power of attorney given by Mirza Muhammad Husayn from Shiraz, son of the late Mirza Ahmad from Tabriz, to Haj Shaykh Yahya, to divorce his wife, Mirza Baygum, daughter of the late Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Nahhas [the copper dealer]
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Power of attorney to divorce wife, 1919
Power of attorney given by Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad Khan Matin al-Dawlah, son of the late Haji Mirza Shafi‘ Mustawfi, to Sayyid Ahmad in order to divorce his permanent wife, Khanum Rubab (daughter of the late Haji ‘Ali Akbar Bazzaz [draper]). On the margin, Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad Khan Matin al-Dawlah gives the power of attorney to Shaykh Ghulam Husayn in order to triple-divorce his wife.
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Divorce order, 1905
Divorce order given by the Friday prayer leader of Fars, in the presence of both parties along with Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, to end the marriage between Khanum Tuba, daughter of the late Mashhadi Mahdi, and Mirza ‘Ali Mirab
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Settlement between Bihjat Khanum and Tahmasb Khan, 1926
Settlement between Bihjat Khanum, daughter of Sayyid Muhammad, and Tahmasb Khan, son of the late ‘Ali Mirza, over waiving the two hundred and seventy tumans owed by Tahmasb Khan in order to get a divorce and receive twenty tumans as the settlement fee.
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Letter written by the attorney of Sayyid Husayn's wife to the lower court, 1929
Sayyid Husayn coercively divorced his wife, in the presence of Sayyid Abu al-Qasim (prayer leader of ‘Ali mosque), with the wife waiving her mahr and the condition of no return after divorce. Now after five months, when she wants to marry another man, Sayyid Husayn claims that he wants to remarry her, even though her marriage contract has been abrogated.
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Telegram from Kalantar Husayn's daughter to ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1903
Mulla Muhammad has triple-divorced the daughter of Kalantar (sheriff) Husayn and she has no obligation to him. She asks the addressee for help.
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Settlement between Sahib Sultan's mother and Ghulam Riza, 1909
Settlement between the mother of Sahib Sultan, daughter of the late Darvish Qanbar, and Ghulam Riza, son of the late Darvish Husayn, exchanging her mahr and her debts from her husband for seven tumans. Haj Sayyid Riza, legal representative of Sahib Sultan's mother, was fully informed of this settlement.
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Giving the power of attorney for divorce and resolving disputes, 1911
Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin should investigate the dispute between Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife (daughter of Shaykh Muhammad Riza), and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali's sister and her husband (Haj Shaykh ‘Abd al-Husayn), over the ownership of some household furnishings. Additionally, Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin will witness the divorce of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife, and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali promises not to go back to his wife after the divorce. Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and Shaykh Muhammad Riza's seals are at the end of the document.
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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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Power of attorney, 1919
Khanum Zaman gives the power of attorney to Nusrat al-Atibba’ [her father] in order to hire a lawyer to resolve the dispute with Mahdi Quli Khan (Khanum Zaman's husband), to receive Khanum Zaman's mahr and alimony, and to divorce her from him. On the margin, Nusrat al-Atibba’ gives the power of attorney to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin.