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Standing: male slave (name unknown); seated, back row, from the left: unidentified and Hasan Mir’at Isfandiyari (Mir’at al-Saltanah); front row, from the left: ‘Abd Allah Isfandiyari (‘Adl al-Saltanah) and Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari
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Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, 1882

Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan, the daughter of Mirza Masʻud Khan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haji Sayyid Qasim. The mahr is 800 tuman and includes: three shares of a garden in Herat worth of 300 tumans, pieces of land worth 100 tumans, a female slave for the wife, worth of 50 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 50 tumans, copper dishes worth 50 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 20 tumans, and bedding and carpets worth 100 tumans. It was agreed that for 50 years after the marriage, the wife can divorce herself if the husband leaves her for more than a year...
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Marriage contract between Sakinah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Saʻid, 1825

Marriage contract between Sakinah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, and Aqa Muhammad Saʻid, the son of Aqa Ismaʻil, dated April or May 1825. The mahr is 60 tumans, a female slave worth 21 tumans, four sixths of a building in Fath Abad, two pieces of land in Vadasht, and a garden in Fath Abad. On the verso [Sakinah Khanum], has transferred a piece of land (with an area of 25 qafiz) in Vadasht, along with its crops and hay, to Muhammad Baqir, the son of Mirza Kazim the physician, in exchange for another piece of land (with an area of 7 qafiz) that includes a garden in the...
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Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, 1828

Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Baqir (son of Muhammad Isma'il Bayg known as Aqa Babak), and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, son of Haj Muhammad Rafi‘ [illegible]. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom settled fifty tumans of the mahr with the bride in exchange for two sets of women clothing and part of a property in ‘Abbas Abad region of [illegible] Garm Rud. The groom additionally promised to pay for ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, ten misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry, and an Abyssinian female slave for the bride and ask nothing in exchange.
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Marriage contract of Shirin Jan and Ghulam‘ali, 1858

Marriage contract of Shirin Jan, daughter of Mirza the tailor, and Ghulam‘ali, ghulam [servant/slave] of Haji ‘Abd Allah (son of Haji Kalb‘ali), dated July 23, 1858. The mahr is eight tumans plus one-sixth of a house in the Shams Abad neighborhood of Khuzan. A note declares that Haji ‘Abd Allah transferred the ownership of one-sixth of the house to Ghulam‘ali. On verso, dated August 24, 1866: Shirin Jan settled her mahr with Haji Muhammad Baqir Sultan, son of Haji Kalb‘ali from Khuzan, for forty rupees. On March 25, 1867, Haji Muhammad Baqir transferred the mahr to Ghulam‘ali for one...
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Farman Farma's decree to Ibrahim Khan, 1879

Farman Farma's decree addressed to Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier], who ruled Baluchistan, Bam, and Narmashir, prohibiting the sale of the peasants as female and male slaves
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri

Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, about receiving the oranges, requesting some envelopes, the news of Husayn Abad's qanat being destroyed by flood, shortage and high costs of goods, too much rain and damage to the bath, looking for a female slave, selling wheat, and kissing ‘Ishrat and his other daughter, whom he has not seen yet
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Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843

Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Muhammad from Karvan village, and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Tihrani Karvan. The mahr is three hundred tumans. The groom settled the following items in exchange for two hundred and sixty tumans of the mahr: a portion of land and part of a garden/orchard in Hurmanan village, part of a garden/orchard in Divun Farm, some qanats and part of a residential house in Hurmanan village, and a house, along with its stable and garden. The groom also promised if the marriage lasted and the bride obeyed him, he would buy the following items...
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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri

Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, in which he talks about her pregnancy and taking care of herself when she is due, sending three female slaves for her, Husayn Khan’s marriage date, sending ghee and rice, not having a cook due to Husayn’s illness, approving Qamar al-Muluk’s decision to not kick out Khatun in fear of her curse, ordering Ni‘mat Allah to punish Muhammad the stableboy, the escape of Farrukh, a male slave, to the city to see his sister who works for Zayn al-‘Abidin’s wife, and asking to catch and return him, and a request for two hundred...
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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911

Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...

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Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, 1882

Marriage contract between Sakinah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Saʻid, 1825

Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, 1828

Marriage contract of Shirin Jan and Ghulam‘ali, 1858

Farman Farma's decree to Ibrahim Khan, 1879

Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri

Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843

Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri

Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911

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Group portrait

Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, 1882

Marriage contract between Sakinah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Saʻid, 1825

Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Haj Muhammad Mahdi, 1828

Marriage contract of Shirin Jan and Ghulam‘ali, 1858

Farman Farma's decree to Ibrahim Khan, 1879

Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri

Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843

Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri

Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911

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