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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Ibrahim, 1900
Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, daughter of Karbalayi Yar Murad from Kahriz, and Ibrahim, son of Muhammad from Bahmanabad. The mahr is forty tumans, of which half was paid and the rest remains the groom's debt. The mahr additionally includes one-twelfth of the garden of the groom's father, a set of bedding made in Burujird worth three tumans, and a copper ewer and basin made in Kashan worth one tuman and five thousand dinars. On February, 13, 1903, Shahrbanu transferred the ownership of the mentioned properties to her father, and her father settled them with Sayf al-Dawlah for five tumans.
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Settlement between Bahanah Khanum and Imam Quli, 1903
Settlement between Bahanah Khanum, daughter of the late Muhammad Sadiq Bayg (from Jalilabad), and Mashhadi Imam Quli, son of the late Mashhadi Nawruz ‘Ali, over all her belongings for one hundred tumans and five misqals [unit of weight] of nabat [crystal candy]
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Copy of settlement between Rubabah and Fatimah Sultan, 1900
Copy of a settlement between Rubabah, daughter of Muhammad Khalil, son of Haj Muhammad from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, and her aunt, Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the merchant Muhammad Mahdi from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, who is Rubabah's mother-in-law, exchanging everything that Rubabah owns, including property, money, gold jewelry, copperware, books, furniture, clothes, and dishes for seventy-five grams of sugar candy.
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Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906
Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom's father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of...
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Marriage contract of Sughra Baygum and Karbalayi Ghulam Riza, 1897
Marriage contract of Sughra Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Murtaza, and Karbalayi Ghulam Riza, son of the late Darvish Husayn resident of Qumshah village. The mahr includes thirty-seven tumans and the price of: goldware, copperware, clothes, rugs, bedding, and one-twelfth of a building in Qumshah village. On the back: "On May 10, 1926, Sughra Baygum received a set of items, including a donkey, six sheep, and beddings, for thirty-seven tumans of her mahr and ten tumans of her late husband's debt to her. On December 29, 1926, Sughra Baygum settled with Darvish Yad Allah, son of the late Darvish...
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.
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Settlement between Ma‘sumah Khanum and Muhammad Taqi, 1901
Ma‘sumah Khanum, daughter of the late Mirza Ibrahim Khan Amirtuman, gives her share of inheritance to Sayyid Muhammad Taqi in exchange for some sugar cubes and some nabat [crystal candy]. Later, on November 6, 1901, Sayyid Muhammad Taqi returns all the settled properties to Ma‘sumah Khanum for the same settlement fee.
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Hajiyah Zivar Sultan's deposition on her settlement with her inheritors, 1906
Hajiyah Zivar Sultan (daughter of the late Haji Muhammad Hasan and former wife of the late Haji Muhammad ‘Alaqah-band [the silk dealer] from Shiraz) confirms that she settled her possessions with her inheritors for one tuman and some crystal sugar, with the condition that her possessions would belong to her while she is alive, and after her death, her inheritors should pay seven hundred and fifty tumans for her funeral costs and for charity as she desires.
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Settlement between Hur Nisa‘ and her son, 1904
Hur Nisa‘, daughter of the late Sha‘ban ‘Ali Bayg, transfers her residential house with the adjacent lands and the household furnishing to her son, Karbalayi Haydar, son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali Quli, in exchange for one hundred dinars and some sugar cubes. The conditions are as follows: the above properties are occupied by Hur Nisa‘ while she is alive and will transfer to Karbalayi Haydar after her death. In case of Hur Nisa‘’s sickness, Karbalayi Haydar is responsible for costs of her food, clothing, and medicine; also, he will be responsible for the funeral expenses after Hur Nisa‘’s...
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Two settlements with Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, 1904
Settlement of Hajiyah Zivar Sultan, daughter of the late Haji Muhammad Hasan Tajir [the merchant] from Shiraz known as Salih, with Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin and the children of the late Haji Muhammad (Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim, Khanum Batul, and Khanum Malik) over a house known as Tarf-i Buzurg and half of a house known as Tarf-i Kuchak in Shiraz; and a settlement between Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin on behalf of himself and on behalf of the children of the late Karbalayi Muhammad Kazim (Bibi Sahib Sultan, Bibi Rubab Sultan, Shaykh Ghulam Riza, Bibi Sughra Sultan, and Bibi Qamar Khanum) with Hajiyah Zivar...