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Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum and Murad, 1867 and 1879
Marriage and divorce contracts of Kuchak Jan Khanum, daughter of Ustad Qasim, and Murad, son of Kazim. The mahr was one tuman and five thousand dinars to buy one misqal [unit of weight] of gold, copperware, new clothes, bedding, kilim and felt, and some properties. On December 11, 1879, Kuchak Jan Khanum settled all of her mahr with her husband for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce. It was agreed that if the husband wanted to return, he had to add an extra ten tumans to the mahr.
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Marriage contract and divorce settlement, 1884 and 1888
One side is the marriage contract of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn son of Sayyid Nasr Allah, and Muhammad Isma‘il, son of the late Muhammad Riza Da’i. The mahr is sixty tumans, of which the groom paid thirty tumans in women's clothing, rugs, gold, and copper worth five tumans. The other thirty tumans remain the groom's debt. The other side is the divorce settlement of Baygum Jan, daughter of Sayyid Husayn from Gazirgah, and Ismaʻil, son of the late Riza Mushki-baf from Gazirgah. Baygum Jan settled her mahr, alimony, and clothing for twenty-five dirams [dirhams] and two copper coins...
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Marriage contract of Agha Baygum and Karbalayi Rajab ‘Ali, 1878
Marriage contract of Agha Baygum, daughter of the late Abu al-Qasim, and Karbalayi Rajab ‘Ali, son of Karbalayi Muhammad Isma‘il. The mahr is four hundred riyals.
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Marriage contract of Agha Baygum and Muhammad Baqir, 1875
Marriage contract of Agha Baygum, daughter of [illegible], and Muhammad Baqir, son of Haj Muhammad Husayn Mugharah known as Nilfurush. The mahr is twenty tumans.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Fatimah Sultan and Karbalayi Asad Allah, 1915
Marriage contract of Bibi Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad, and Karbalayi Asad Allah, son of Karbalayi Isma‘il. The mahr includes thirty tumans and three misqals of gold, which remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Sayyid Ahmad, 1876
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Sadiq, and Sayyid Ahmad, son of Sayyid Muhammad Taqi. The mahr is fourteen tumans.
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Marriage contract of Hajiyah Banu and Husayn Lakmah Sari, 1921
Marriage contract of Hajiyah Banu, daughter of Qurban‘ali Ishka’i, and Husayn from Lakmah Sar, son of Mashhadi Safar‘ali. The mahr is twenty-two tumans and five qirans, to be spent on clothes, two gold coins, a gold ring, and the rest remains [the groom's debt].
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Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan and Mirza Masha’ Allah, 1878
Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan, daughter of Rajab ‘Ali Chitsaz, and Mirza Masha’ Allah, son of Karbalayi Haydar ‘Ali with a mahr of fourteen tumans; the bride must obey the groom and the mahr remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843
Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Muhammad from Karvan village, and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Tihrani Karvan. The mahr is three hundred tumans. The groom settled the following items in exchange for two hundred and sixty tumans of the mahr: a portion of land and part of a garden/orchard in Hurmanan village, part of a garden/orchard in Divun Farm, some qanats and part of a residential house in Hurmanan village, and a house, along with its stable and garden. The groom also promised if the marriage lasted and the bride obeyed him, he would buy the following items...
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Marriage contract of Javir Sultan and ʻAbd al-Ghafur, 1924
Marriage contract of Javir Sultan, daughter of the late ʻAbd al-Ghaffar from Khuzan, and ʻAbd al-Ghafur, son of Karbalayi Muhammad Darajah. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a house, ten tumans to buy land, five tumans for wedding expenses and two sets of women's clothes. The groom's mother, Qamar Sultan, settled the mentioned share of the house with her son for [illegible], at which point it became part of the mahr.
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