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Brass samovar
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Cloth embroidered in mourning for brothers
Piece of cloth on which the paternal aunt of ʻAbd Allah Khan's wife embroidered verses in Turkish and their Persian translation to mourn her brothers' loss.
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Dispute among inheritors of Mashhadi Gulshan Khanum
Bala Bayg, an inheritor of Mashhadi Gulshan Khanum, claims that her mother gave her properties to him and his brothers, Qahraman Khan and Shirin Bayg, that he has the bestowal settlement written in Mulla Hasan Mardanqumi's handwriting, and that the bestowal settlement the children of his deceased brother, Qasim Khan, claim to have is not valid because Qasim Khan coerced his mother into writing it. Moreover, since Qahraman Khan, Qasim Khan, and Shirin Bayg died before their mother, according to Sharia law, one sixth of their property was inherited by their mother. Therefore, after her death,...
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Earrings and ring
A pair of earrings and a ring that belonged Zari Khanum, who gave them to Tajdar Khanum, the mother of Ms. Ahmadi (owner of Ahmadi-Muhammad Khanlu collection), as gifts.
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Filigree cup holder and saucer
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Flatware
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Healing bowl
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Marriage contract of Aqa Khanum and Husaynquli Khan, 1922
Marriage contract of Aqa Khanum, daughter of the deceased Mahmud Khan Hasan Ba[y]glu, and Husaynquli Khan, son of the deceased ʻAbd Allah Khan Arpaluqi on November 21, 1922. The mahr is 300 tumans. The groom's attorney is his paternal uncle, Muʻtamad al-Sultan Karbalayi Mahmud Khan, and the bride's attorney is Mir ʻAbd al-Samad Khan Ashjaʻ al-Sultan.
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Marriage contract of Buyuk Khanum and Ismaʻil Bayg, 1908
Marriage contract of Buyuk Khanum, daughter of Aqa Mir Mustafa Khan (with the title Muʻtamad Sultan) and sister of Shah Baygum, and Ismaʻil Bayg, son of Zaman Bayg, dated April 9, 1908. The mahr is 100 tumans and 1000 dinars; the groom's attorney is Karbalayi Husayn Bayg, son of ʻAli Bayg, and the bride's attorney is Hatam Khan Bayg, son of ʻAzim Bayg.
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Marriage contract of Dilbar Khanum and ʻAli Bayg, 1847
Marriage contract of Dilbar Khanum, the daughter of Bala Bayg, and ʻAli Bayg, the eldest son of Allah Quli Bayg, dated December 3, 1847. The mahr is 200 tumans, which remains the groom's debt, to be paid whenever the bride asks for it and the groom can afford it. The groom's attorney is ʻAli Panah, son of Akhund Mulla ʻAli and the bride's attorney is Husaynʻali Khan.