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Marriage contract of Hamidah Khanum and Aqa Mirza Hasan, 1912-1917
The marriage contract of Hamidah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Mirza Muhammad ʻAli Dizfuli, and Aqa Mirza Hasan, son of Mashhadi Muhammad ʻAlaf. The mahr is 51 tumans and a Qurʼan. The other document is Hamidah Khanum's petition concerning her mahr.
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Petition to get mahr and alimony, 1919
Draft of a petition written by the lawyer of Haji Mirza Muhammad Hasan's daughter asking for her mahr in the amount of one thousand tumans, as well as alimony and clothing expenses, from Mirza 'Abd al-Husayn Khan, before he travels out of town
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Khvurshid Khanum's petitions, 1908
Petitions by Khvurshid Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza, from Barfurush, to Mukhbir al-Saltanah, Minister of Justice, explaining how following her parents death, when she was three years old, her uncle, ‘Abbasquli Khan, seeking her inheritance of more than fifty thousand tumans worth of property, took her in. After ten years, he married her off to his grandson, son of I‘timad Divan, despite her discontent. I‘timad Divan never paid her her share of inheritance with the excuse that she was his son's wife. Khvurshid Khanum wants a divorce and is willing to waive her mahr, which is more than ten...