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Settlement between Gawhar Taj Khanum and her mother, Tuba Khanum, 1912
Settlement transfers all rights of Gawhar Taj Khanum, including her mahr, alimony and dowry to her mother Tuba Khanum in exchange for five shahi and some nabat.
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Correspondence regarding Ruqiyah's disobedience, 1915-1916
In one document Ruqiyah, the wife is banned from leaving the house without her husband's permission. In the other, Mahdi Khan, the husband, complains about her disobedience to Muhammad al-Husayni.
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Power of attorney from Gawhar Taj Khanum to her uncle, Mashhadi Baqir Zanjani, 1918
Power of attorney concerning her alimony and mahr, from Gawhar Taj Khanum to her uncle, Mashhadi Baqir Zanjani, the Tobacco merchant.
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Petition to resolve a dispute, 1908
Petition by Bibi Khanum Mah, wife of ‘Ali Kulah-furush [the hat seller], to the Friday prayer leader, requesting to call her husband in order to resolve their dispute. He has not paid her any alimony since they married two years ago. On the margin, the Friday prayer leader asks ‘Ali Kulah-furush to pay him a visit.
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About paying alimony, 1914
Aqa Buzurg Khan, son of the late Mirza Muhammad Khan, on behalf of Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim Khan Murshid, is responsible for paying the daily alimony of Khanum ‘Ata’ (daughter of Muhammad Husayn Khan Muntazam and permanent wife of Mirza ‘Abd al-Karim Khan Murshid) and to treat her well
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Power of attorney to collect alimony, 1920
Power of attorney given by Hamdam Khanum, wife of Mirza Muhammad Ja‘far Khan and daughter of the late ‘Inayat Allah Khan (resident of Ishaq Bayg neighborhood), to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin Saham al-Shari‘ah (resident of Sarbagh) in order to negotiate with her husband about her alimony and cost of clothing
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ʻAliyah Khanum's divorce case
ʻAliyah Khanum claimed that Haji Musaddiq al-Mamalik, her husband, refused to pay her for her rights and asked that he appear in front of the court and either give her her rights or divorce her.
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Power of attorney to collect daughter's mahr and alimony, 1912
Power of attorney given by Mashhadi Haji Mahmud, son of the late ‘Ali Riza from Shiraz, on behalf of his daughter, Khanum Hana (wife of Muhammad Husayn from Barkan), to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of the late Haj Muhammad Hasan from Shiraz, in order to collect his own debt and his daughter's mahr, alimony, and clothing expenses from her husband, Muhammad Husayn
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Settlement of Khanum Sultan and Khanum Bashi with Shawkat Sultan's father, 1915
According to this settlement, Khanum Sultan and Khanum Bashi, mother and aunt of Ibrahim (son of the late Mashhadi Qasim from Shiraz), have to pay the mahr of Shawkat Sultan, wife of Ibrahim, to her father, Haji Husayn ‘Ali Saqat-furush [the retailer] (son of the late Karbalayi Muhammad ‘Ali), along with the alimony and clothing expenses of the last three years.
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Power of attorney, 1918
Power of attorney given by wife of the late Haji Muhammad Hadi to Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin in order to get her daughter's divorce from Mashhadi [illegible] and to get her mahr and alimony from him; the attorney fee is forty tumans and it will be paid gradually