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Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum and Mahdi Quli Khan, 1819

Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum (Shirin Jan Khanum), daughter of Fath‘ali Shah, and Mahdi Quli Khan, son of Husayn Khan Sardar Qazvini. The sidaq (mahr) is 1500 tumans in cash, gold, silver, jewelry, several properties, three male slaves, and three female slaves.
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Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1832

Marriage contract of Shahrbanu, the daughter of Muhammad Baqir, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Simaun Bayg from Georgia. The mahr includes: 30 tumans cash, some crimson gold, five shah-mans of copperware, five mans of carpet, kilims and felt worth nine tumans, a set of qalamkar bedding worth five tumans, 20 sheep worth 10 tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth 10 tumans, one twelfth of a building called Muhammadkhani, some other properties, water use, a mill, and one twelfth of a garden. On June 22, 1847, Shahrbanu settled all of the cash and gold in her mahr for 30 tumans and a shah-man of...
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Regarding Khazin al-Dawlah's funeral

Informing the Qajar elites they should be present outside of Shams al-‘Imarah for the funeral and notifying ‘Ala’ al-Dawlah to bring a group of male slaves
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Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, 1862

Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum, the daughter of Haji ʻAbd al-Rahim, and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, the son of Sarkhvush Khan, date June 23, 1862. The mahr includes part of the Kukah Kharaqan village in Qazvin, possession of which the bridegroom's father transferred to the bridegroom, one hundred tumans, and two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female, who were each valued at 25 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum Afshar and Husaynquli Khan Afshar, 1855

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum, the daughter of Khanlar Khan Afshar, and Husaynquli Khan, the son of Haj ‘Abd al-Rahim Khan Afshar; the mahr is three-sixth of the village of Rahim Abad in Khurrud of Qazvin, four hundred and fifty tumans, one hundred misqals [unit of weight] of gold, two hundred misqals of silver, and two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female, each valued at 25 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Mah Sharaf Baygum and Husayn Quli, 1836

Marriage contract of Mah Sharaf Baygum, daughter of ‘Ata’ Allah Khan, and Husayn Quli Khan, son of Muhammad Quli Khan Khamsah. The mahr is two hundred misqals [unit of weight] of gold, five hundred misqals of silver, two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female each valued at fifty tumans, and some silk worth twenty tumans.
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Marriage contract of Nusrat Khanum and ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘ad al-Nizam, 1912

Marriage contract of Nusrat Khanum, daughter of Salar Nusrat, with ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘ad al-Nizam; mahr includes one hundred misqals [unit of weight] red gold, eight female and male slaves, as well as some properties in Narmashir, Dih Shutur, and Bam
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Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum and Ibrahim Khan, 1857

Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum, daughter of Ishaq Khan ‘Arab, with Ibrahim Khan, son of ‘Alikhan; mahr includes one thousand four hundred twenty-five tumans, gold, carpets, copperware, healthy female and male slaves, and some properties
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Basat-i nishat

A sarcastic and male-centered essay in which noble women are "ugly" or old, and female slaves are pretty, kind and well-behaved.There are parts on men's desire for men and women's desire for women, vows of sisterhood, preparation of the bride and groom for the wedding night, wives and husbands relationships, etc. Parts of the document refer to Kulsum Nanah. At the end, there is a review of different types of pleasure according to their length.
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Malik Khanum and Mirza Baqir Khan, 1891

Marriage contract between Gawhar Malik Khanum, daughter of Asad Allah Mirza, and Mirza Baqir Khan, son of Muʻin al-Saltanah, on October 21, 1891. Mahr is 1000 tumans, of which which 200 tumans is received as cash by the bride, and 100 tumans for the gift of a Qurʼan and the price of two slaves (a male and a female). The rest (700 tumans) remains the bridegroom's debt.

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Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum and Mahdi Quli Khan, 1819

Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1832

Regarding Khazin al-Dawlah's funeral

Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, 1862

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum Afshar and Husaynquli Khan Afshar, 1855

Marriage contract of Mah Sharaf Baygum and Husayn Quli, 1836

Marriage contract of Nusrat Khanum and ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘ad al-Nizam, 1912

Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum and Ibrahim Khan, 1857

Basat-i nishat

Marriage contract between Gawhar Malik Khanum and Mirza Baqir Khan, 1891

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Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

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Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum and Mahdi Quli Khan, 1819

Marriage contract of Shahrbanu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1832

Regarding Khazin al-Dawlah's funeral

Marriage contract between Tarlan Khanum and Muhammad Baqir Khan Afshar, 1862

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum Afshar and Husaynquli Khan Afshar, 1855

Marriage contract of Mah Sharaf Baygum and Husayn Quli, 1836

Marriage contract of Nusrat Khanum and ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘ad al-Nizam, 1912

Marriage contract of Sahib Sultan Khanum and Ibrahim Khan, 1857

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Marriage contract between Gawhar Malik Khanum and Mirza Baqir Khan, 1891

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