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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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Marriage contract between Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Amir Muhammad Hadi, 1859
Marriage contract between Khayr al-Nisaʼ Khanum and Amir Muhammad Hadi dated October 8, 1859. The mahr is 100 ashrafis, a Qurʼan worth 5 tumans, a female servant worth 40 tumans, and parts of some properties.
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Marriage contract between Nuzhat Baygum and Riza Quli Khan, 1920
Marriage contract between Nuzhat Baygum, the daughter of Haji Muhammad Khan, and Riza Quli Khan, dated March 17, 1920. The mahr is 370 tumans, of which the bride received 120 tumans and the rest was charged to the bridegroom.
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Marriage contract between Asiyah Khanum and Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Nuri Lashkar Nivis, 1856
Marriage contract between Asiyah Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Hasan Khan Nuri, and Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Nuri Lashkar Nivis (of the royal artillery), dated November 17, 1856. The mahr is 400 tumans.
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Marriage contract between Khadijah Khanum and Mashhadi ʻAli Muhammad, 1923
Marriage contract between Khadijah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Kuchak Bayg, and Mashhadi ʻAli Muhammad, dated January 5, 1923. The mahr is 135 tumans and a Qurʼan, of which the bride received 50 tumans and 85 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
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Marriage contract between Farkhundah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, 1919
Marriage contract between Farkhundah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, dated December 11, 1919. The mahr is 81 tumans, of which 1 tuman is the price of a Qurʼan, 30 tumans were received by the bride, and 51 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
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Marriage contract between Taj Khanum and Mirza Yahya Khan Damavandi, 1912
Marriage contract between Taj Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Hasan Khan Tihrani, and Mirza Yahya Khan Damavandi, the son of Haji Mirza Yahya, dated May 1, 1912. The mahr is 500 tumans, including a Qurʼan worth 10 tumans. The document notes that the bride received 150 tumans.
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Marriage contract between Sadiqah Khanum and Mirza Aqa Khvurshidabadi Zarandi, 1920
Marriage contract between Sadiqah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Mahmud Shirazi, and Mirza Aqa Khvurshidabadi Zarandi, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad, dated July 16, 1920. The mahr is 50 tumans, of which the bride received 20 tumans and 30 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Sultan Khanum and Mashhadi Muhammad Kazim, 1882
Marriage contract between Fatimah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Ismaʻil Jadid al-Islam, and Mashhadi Muhammad Kazim, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad Taqi, dated February 4, 1882. The mahr is 70 tumans and a Qurʼan. The document notes that the bride received 20 tumans from the mahr.
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Marriage contract between Sayyidah Maʻsumah Khanum and Shaykh ʻAbd al-Razzaq, 1911
Marriage contract between Sayyidah Maʻsumah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ismaʻil, and Shaykh ʻAbd al-Razzaq the preacher, the son of Shaykh Muhammad the preacher, dated November 1, 1911. The mahr is 31 tumans.