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Livian family

Left to right: Khanum Aqa Ishaq Mardkha, Mahdi Livian (the child in his lap died in childhood), Musa Livian.
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Marriage contract of Khavar Khanum Jadid al-Islam with Aqa Hasan Razavi, 1868

Marriage contract of Khavar Khanum Jadid al-Islam (daughter of Sulayman, a Jew) with Aqa Hasan Razavi (son of Iftikhar al-ʻUlamaʼ) on November 4th, 1868. Mahr is 20 tumans, which is due by the groom. The marriage contract is sealed by Hasan Ibn ʻAli Razavi.
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Yunayi family
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Siyun ʻAzri family

Left to right (standing): Furha Ezri (wife of ʻAziz) holding Yaʻqub, Khanum ʻAzri (wife of Siyun); (seated): Yadidiya (brother), Tuba (niece), Shukr Allah (nephew), Zulaykha (mother), holding Ma’ir (Siyun’s eldest child), Saltanat (niece), Siyun Ezri.
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Sabit family

Right to leftt: (standing) Habib Mahbubi (Arzani), Nasr Allah Munfarid, Yusuf Sabit (Arzani), Ibrahim Sabit (Arzani); (seated) Muluk Arzani (Ibrahimi), Tuba Munfarid, Sara Sabit, Khanum Jan Khanum Arzani, Nanah Khanum; (children) Gul Bahar Ibrahimi, Yaʻqub Munfarid, David Munfarid, Tamara Sabit, Shawkat Sabit, Husniyah Mahbubi, Amin Allah Ibrahimi, Lutf Allah Arzani, Sultan Munfarid.
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Petition of a Jewish man, 1911

Petition of a Jewish man who writes to the Majlis that he was supposed to marry a Jewish girl and had given her father, Sulayman, 200 tumans. However, Sulayman and his family converted to Islam, as a result of which the marriage was cancelled. Sulayman has now declared that the wrtier must convert to Islam (which he is unwilling to do) before he will return the man's money.
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Conflict at Sitarah's house, 1922

A Jewish woman named Sitarah who kept wine in her house calls for help from her coreligionists when the agent of the office of Finance in Garus confiscates her wine. This causes a conflict between Nur Allah Ibrahim Zadah, the head of the Aliyans school in Garus, and Bahram, the agent of the office of Finance.
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Rahil and Daniyal Siddiq Irshadi

Wedding portrait of Rahil daughter of Hana (daughter of Mulla Shalum) and Aqa Yihzqil, and and Daniyal, son of Maryam and Hakim ʻAziz Livi.
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Safaʼi family

Dr. Arastu Safaʼi, son of Hakim Yaʻqub (Ashraf al-Atibba’), seated with infant; the man standing on the right side of Arastu is his brother, Rahim; the first girl from the left is Sultan and the first girl from the right is Hishmat, daughter of Rahim; seated children on the ground, from the left: Buqrat, Mawlud, Shahab; the rest are unidentified.
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Group portrait

In the back row, the fourth person standing from the left is Baktur Nikkhvah. She was one of the first women who graduated from the Alliance Israélite Universelle.

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