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Settlement between Karbalayi Fatimah and her father, 1929
Settlement between Karbalayi Fatimah and her father, Karbalayi Haydar, over her properties, including her mahr from Muhammad Murad ‘Ali, for one hundred dinars and some wheat
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Question and answer regarding mahr
Question regarding a woman's mahr consisting of two horses, which her husband sold without her permission. The writer asks whether the woman could solicit remuneration from the buyer. In response, Hujjat al-Islam confirms the woman's right.
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Settlement between Bihjat Khanum and Tahmasb Khan, 1926
Settlement between Bihjat Khanum, daughter of Sayyid Muhammad, and Tahmasb Khan, son of the late ‘Ali Mirza, over waiving the two hundred and seventy tumans owed by Tahmasb Khan in order to get a divorce and receive twenty tumans as the settlement fee.
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Khanum Masha’ Allah's petition regarding her divorce, 1928
Petition written by Khanum Masha’ Allah, daughter of the late Karbalayi Husayn Baqqal [the grocer], to Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, regarding her divorce from her husband, Sayyid Husayn, son of Sayyid Shukr Allah, and forgoing her mahr.
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Letter written by the attorney of Sayyid Husayn's wife to the lower court, 1929
Sayyid Husayn coercively divorced his wife, in the presence of Sayyid Abu al-Qasim (prayer leader of ‘Ali mosque), with the wife waiving her mahr and the condition of no return after divorce. Now after five months, when she wants to marry another man, Sayyid Husayn claims that he wants to remarry her, even though her marriage contract has been abrogated.
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Marriage agreement of Hajar and ʻAbd al-Rahim, 1925
Marriage agreement of Hajar, daughter of Mulla Nawruz ʻAli from Khuzan, and ʻAbd al-Rahim, son of the late Karbalayi Muhammad ʻAli from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans, part of a residential building in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan village, one-half of an acre in [illegible], thirty tumans to buy a property, a pair of gold earrings worth ten tumans, and ten tumans as the bridal gift.
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Summons request to the court, 1929
Letter written by Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin (lawyer of Khanum Masha’ Allah) to the court, requesting to summon Sayyid Husayn (son of the late Sayyid Shukr Allah and husband of Khanum Masha’ Allah's) and Sayyid Abu al-Qasim (Khanum Masha’ Allah stays at his house) in order to clarify the divorce situation of Khanum Masha’ Allah and Sayyid Husayn
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Marriage contract of Khanum and ‘Ali Khan Sahibjam‘, 1931
Marriage contract of Khanum, daughter of Sayyid Mahmud Khan Mu‘tasam al-Dawlah, and ‘Ali Khan Sahibjam‘, son of Khan Baba Khan Sahibjam‘; the mahr is two thousand and five hundred tumans as well as a copy of the Qur’an, two rings, and a cashmere shawl. Five hundred tumans and the items were given to the bride and the rest remains the groom’s debt.
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Settlement over mahr and alimony, 1928
Settlement of Karbalayi ‘Abd al-Rasul, his father (Haji Nasr Allah), and his daughter (Khanum Zaman) with Haj Muhammad Riza Tajir [the merchant], son of the late Mashhadi ‘Ali Akbar from Shiraz, over Khanum Zaman's alimony and mahr (which includes items listed, worth from one tuman to two thousand tumans) for ten tumans and some Russian hard sugar; then Haji Muhammad Riza triple-divorced Khanum Zaman.
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Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad Karkhayran, 1937
Marriage agreement of Fatimah, daughter of Mashhadi Karim son of ʻAli from Khuzan, and Ahmad Karkhayran from Khuzan, son of Ramazan ʻAli. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred tumans, a share of a house in Shamsabad, Khuzan, fifty tumans to buy land for the bride, and ten tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for wedding expenses, the bridal gift, and two sets of proper women's clothes.