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Divorce settlement of Batul Khanum and Mirza Aqa, 1917
The divorce settlement of Batul Khanum, daughter of Muhammad Mahdi Farahzadi, and Mirza Aqa the barber, son of Muhammad Khan Gurgani.
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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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Battering a woman, 1911
The head of police has beaten a woman after her husband's complaint that she took away his household furnishings after their divorce.
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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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Woman's suicide attempt, 1911
About Sakinah Khanum asking for a divorce, her husband's refusal, and her reaction of eating opium
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Bibi Zivar Sultan's petition, 1910
Petition by Bibi Zivar Sultan to the Friday prayer-leader of Fars against her husband, Mashhadi Chiragh ‘Ali, who has not paid her alimony; testimonies and the addressee's response are also included.
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Arrest of a woman carrying a gun, 1911
Daughter of Haji Muhammad Ibrahim from Baghdad, an Ottoman national, divorced her husband, Sayyid Hasan from Ganjah. Her brother-in-laws were plotting to kill her, therefore she carried a gun. She was arrested when she went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a legal issue.
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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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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.