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Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad Baqir, 1826
Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Ustad Husayn Fakhkhar from Yazd, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Hasan (son of Zu al-Fiqar Naqi) with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: 10 shares of the shared ownership of a house (the ownership of which was divided into 80 shares), an outfit worth 10 tumans, two-and-a-half Shah-mans [each is six kilograms] of copper worth five tumans, gold, and a carpet for covering a room, worth five tumans. The groom's mother contributed the gold and the house, his father contributed the carpet, and the rest remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Kuchak and Muhammad ʻAli, 1829
Marriage contract of Khanum Kuchak, the daughter of Nasir, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Ramazan ʻAli, with a mahr of: a part of an oak garden known as ʻAli ʻAbbas, 10 Shah-mans [each equals six kilograms] of copper for 18 tumans, gold, and carpets to cover a room for 10 tumans, an outfit for 30 tumans, a silver mirror, and 30 tumans for [buying] a house.
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Marriage contract of Ruqiyah and Mir Ibrahim, 1812
Marriage contract of Ruqiyah, the daughter of Ghulam Husayn (son of Haj Qasim) and Mir Ibrahim, the son of Mir ʻAbd al-Rahim, with a mahr comprised of: a silk outfit worth 10 tumans, five mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper, a carpet to cover a room, worth one tuman, 10 tumans cash to buy gold, 45 tumans to buy a house and properties.
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Marriage contract of Zaynab known as Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad ʻAli, 1827
Marriage contract of Zaynab, known as Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Naqi, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Muhammad Naqi, with a mahr consisting of: two outfits worth seven tumans, two Shah-mans [each of which is six kilograms] of copper worth four tumans, five tumans in gold, a carpet to cover a room, worth three tumans, six tumans in cash for a house, and a chest worth one tuman.
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, 1828
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Baqir (son of Muhammad Isma'il Bayg known as Aqa Babak), and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, son of Haj Muhammad Rafi‘ [illegible]. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom settled fifty tumans of the mahr with the bride in exchange for two sets of women clothing and part of a property in ‘Abbas Abad region of [illegible] Garm Rud. The groom additionally promised to pay for ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, ten misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry, and an Abyssinian female slave for the bride and ask nothing in exchange.
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Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Banu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1831
Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Banu, thedaughter of Rajab ʻAli, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Mulla ʻAbd Allah from Yazd. The mahr includes: two-sixths of the shared ownership of a house, worth ten tumans, clothes worth five tumans, two Shah-mans [each of which is six kilograms] of copper worth four tumans, a carpet for covering a room, worth two tumans, a mirror worth five thousand dinars, some gold and silver, a dowry chest worth one tuman, and two thousand dinars.