Search

Total results found 290

1Images

Telegram and letter from Mirza ʻAli to Haj Muhammad Husayn, 1922

Mirza ʻAli, known as Nazim al-Tujjar of Qumshah, sends a letter and a telegram to Haj Muhammad Husayn Tajir [the merchant] Karzani from Isfahan, regarding the usurpation of the documents and belongings of the late Sayyid ʻAbd Allah and the complaint of his sister, Zahra Baygum, about her right of inheritance.
1Images

Letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, 1896

A letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, a merchant from Isfahan, about the shares of inheritance and what has already been taken by [his] mother, late brother, and late sister, a list of all the properties and their values, and the unfairness toward the writer’s two children.
2Images

Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Barat‘ali, 1909

Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ‘Ali, and Barat‘ali, the son of Aqa Karbalayi Qasim‘ali. The mahr is sixty tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: part of the house of residence, parts of agricultural land and their share of water, a set of bedding made in Isfahan (seven tumans), rugs (three tumans), some copperware (one tuman), fabrics and clothing for the wedding (twelve tumans). The mentioned items equal forty eight tumans from the mahr and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom's debt.
2Images

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Abu Talib, 1849

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum, daughter of Haj ʻAliyar resident of Tehran [illegible] Isfahan, and Abu Talib, son of ʻAli Riza. The mahr is twenty two tumans and five thousand dinars. Following this contract, the groom's father settled with the groom over one-sixth of a house located at [illegible] for ten [illegible] coins and ten loads of wheat. Then the groom settled with the bride over the mentioned part of property for eight tumans of the mahr. On the back of the document: "On December 23, 1860, the wife settled with Mulla Faridun, son of Aqa Vafadar, over the same one-sixth of...
27Images

Qur’an with birth records of Ansari family, 1854 or 5

First and last pages of a Qur’an inscribed with birth records and genealogy. Opening two pages have following birth dates recorded: Sadiqah Khanum Mahin Banu, 12 Shavval 1334 [11 August 1916]; Sultan Ahmad Khan, 29 Sha‘ban 1336 [9 June 1918]; Nush Afarin, 7 Sha‘ban 1358/22 September 1939/30 Shahrivar 1318 in India; Parviz, 1 August 1928 [10 Murdad 1307]; ‘Alimurad, 3 Bahman 1327 [23 January 1949], Isfahan; Amir Khusraw 5 Aban 1333/28 October 1955/11 Rabi al-Avval [1375], Tehran. A following page indicates the Qur’an originally belonged to Muhammad Mahdi ibn Farrukh Ghaffari. On the last...
2Images

Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari

Probably to her son, Muhammad ‘Amiri; about his trip, news of the family, including Nusrat Allah’s children being sent to a school in Isfahan except Mihran and Mihrdad, who will be staying in Kirman, Niptun’s marriage ceremony in Tehran, her own blurred vision, Mirza Muhammad Khan's collection of pistachios in Abariq, and discusses her pilgrimage
8Images

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom's father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of...
1Images

Settlement of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza ʻAbd al-A’immah with Mirza Muhammad Hasan, 1911

Settlement of Mirza Muhammad, son of Haj Mirza Yahya, and Aqa Mirza ʻAbd al-A’immah, son of Mirza ʻAli Naqi Mulla Bashi, with Haj Mirza Muhammad Hasan, known as Darmiyani, son of Haj Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Darmiyani, exchanging a fruit shop located at Bid Abad Bazar for two hundred and sixty-seven tumans. They also settled fifty mans [unit of weight] of white wheat from Isfahan for ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy and one hundred dinars. These settlements were based on the will of Hajiyah Baygum, daughter of Mirza Fath Allah Khan and wife of Haj Mirza Muhsin.
7Images

Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Baqir, 1897

Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Ismaʻil Kulah-mal, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Ustad Husayn. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans and fifty shahis, one twenty-fourth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Isfahan, and a Qurʼan worth one tuman. On June 18, 1905, Fatimah Baygum settled her mahr, except the part of the mentioned property, with her husband for one hundred dinars in order to get a divorce. Then, on August 30, 1905, they remarried and the husband settled the ten tumans he owed to the wife for one hundred dinars and some wheat. The mahr,...
2Images

Settlement between Aqa Baygum and her children, 1904

Settlement between Aqa Baygum, daughter of Haj Muhammad Javad from Isfahan and wife of Haj Muhammad Sadiq from Dastjird, and her two sons, Muhammad Hadi Arbab and Muhammad Shafi‘, exchanging four-and-one-half acres of a property in Dastjird, which she inherited from her son, Hasan ‘Ali, for one hundred dinars. Aqa Baygum also settles her mahr with the mentioned sons for ten misqals [unit of weight] of crystal candy. They agree that if Aqa Baygum passes away, the mahr should be spent on: the Fatihah, ten years of fasting and prayer, the Imam's share being given to Shaykh Ahmad, tithing to...

Search

Telegram and letter from Mirza ʻAli to Haj Muhammad Husayn, 1922

Letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, 1896

Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Barat‘ali, 1909

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Abu Talib, 1849

Qur’an with birth records of Ansari family, 1854 or 5

Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906

Settlement of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza ʻAbd al-A’immah with Mirza Muhammad Hasan, 1911

Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Baqir, 1897

Settlement between Aqa Baygum and her children, 1904

Filter

Genres

Subjects

Collections

People

Places

English Translation

Transcription

Periods

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Search

Telegram and letter from Mirza ʻAli to Haj Muhammad Husayn, 1922

Letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, 1896

Marriage contract of Khavar Sultan Khanum and Barat‘ali, 1909

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Abu Talib, 1849

Qur’an with birth records of Ansari family, 1854 or 5

Letter from Qamar al-Muluk Isfandiyari

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906

Settlement of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza ʻAbd al-A’immah with Mirza Muhammad Hasan, 1911

Marriage and divorce contracts of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Baqir, 1897

Settlement between Aqa Baygum and her children, 1904

Filter

Genres

Subjects

Collections

People

Places