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Power of attorney for divorce, 1921
Power of attorney given by Mirza Muhammad Husayn from Shiraz, son of the late Mirza Ahmad from Tabriz, to Haj Shaykh Yahya, to divorce his wife, Mirza Baygum, daughter of the late Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Nahhas [the copper dealer]
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Power of attorney to divorce wife, 1919
Power of attorney given by Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad Khan Matin al-Dawlah, son of the late Haji Mirza Shafi‘ Mustawfi, to Sayyid Ahmad in order to divorce his permanent wife, Khanum Rubab (daughter of the late Haji ‘Ali Akbar Bazzaz [draper]). On the margin, Mirza ‘Ali Muhammad Khan Matin al-Dawlah gives the power of attorney to Shaykh Ghulam Husayn in order to triple-divorce his wife.
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Petition of Haji Husayn ‘Ali about his daughter's mahr and alimony, 1915
Petition written by Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] to Hujjat al-Islam Ayatollah Muhammad ‘Ali al-Husayni, about the debt of his daughter's husband to him. The debt is eighty tumans of mahr and three years of alimony, which his daughter transferred to him in another settlement. At the end, the receiver of the petition writes that Ibrahim hasn't paid his debt yet, and the wife can get divorce based on Shari‘ah (with the father acting on her behalf).
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Giving the power of attorney for divorce and resolving disputes, 1911
Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin should investigate the dispute between Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife (daughter of Shaykh Muhammad Riza), and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali's sister and her husband (Haj Shaykh ‘Abd al-Husayn), over the ownership of some household furnishings. Additionally, Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin will witness the divorce of Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and his wife, and Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali promises not to go back to his wife after the divorce. Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali and Shaykh Muhammad Riza's seals are at the end of the document.
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Power of attorney, 1919
Khanum Zaman gives the power of attorney to Nusrat al-Atibba’ [her father] in order to hire a lawyer to resolve the dispute with Mahdi Quli Khan (Khanum Zaman's husband), to receive Khanum Zaman's mahr and alimony, and to divorce her from him. On the margin, Nusrat al-Atibba’ gives the power of attorney to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin.
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Haj Sayyid Hadi to ʻAbd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, 1917 or 1918
Telegraph about Nur al-Din abandoning his wife with debt, requesting payment of the debt and her alimony, or divorcing her
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...