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Settlement of Shah Zaynab Khanum, Jan Jan, and others with Aqa Muhammad, 1787
Settlement of Shah Zaynab Khanum, daughter of Muhammad ‘Ali, Jan Jan, known as Umm Kulsum (the younger sister of Aqa Rajab ‘Ali), Muhammad Baqir (son of Muhammad ‘Ali), Aqa ‘Ali, and Aqa Abu al-Hasan Fazuh-ji, with Aqa Muhammad, son of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali from the same village [Khvurasgan?], exchanging a piece of land in [illegible] Arbabiyah for two tumans.
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Settlement over blood money, 1794
Settlement between Nizam, son of Haji Sharaf, who was convicted for the manslaughter of Ja‘far, son of Haji Ja‘far Qasim, and Ja‘far's inheritors. In the absence of any witnesses to prove it was a homicide, they have forgone qisas (retaliation in kind) and have settled for one hundred tumans as blood money. ‘Abd al-Ghafur, Ja‘far's brother, along with his mother and sister, received about two-thirds of the money. Some days later, Zaynal, the other brother, also gave his consent and received one-third of the blood money.
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Settlement, 1792 and 1819
Settlement between Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, son of the late Aqa Jan‘ali resident of Mubarakah village, and Aqa Mahdi, son of the late Aqa Sadiq resident of Mubarakah village, over the sale of an inherited property in Mubarakah village for one tuman and seven hundred fifty dinars, a rent of five thousand dinars for ninety years, and three thousand dinars for the detriment clause; dated December 4, 1792. On verso: After Aqa Mahdi's death, his daughter, Fatimah Khanum (wife of Aqa Husayn), his only inheritor, has settled the above property with Haji ‘Ali Naqi, son of Aqa Sadiq (Fatimah Khanum's...
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Umm Salmah's endowment, 1794
Endowment for a garden, known as Bagh Zangi, in Abarqu village, near Yazd, and three sixths of a house and its possessions, by Umm Salmah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Muhammad ʻAli Mirza Khan Yazdi. After the property was rented out, the caretaker was to spend three tumans buying bread and raisins for the poor on the Ghadir feast, another three tumans on giving bread, dates, and raisins to the poor during fast-breaking in the month of Ramadan. Five thousand dinars were set aside in case a stranger were to die without anyone to bury them or supply the shroud. The document also dictates that...
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