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Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum and Sayyid Hadi, 1917
Marriage contract of Rubabah Khanum [Afzal Khanum], the daughter of [Hajiyah Khanum Muhtadi and] Abu al-Qasim (a merchant from Yazd), and Sayyid Hadi [Mahruz], the son of Sayyid Nasr Allah. The mahr is five hundred and fifty tumans, fifty tumans of which is the Qur’an's value. From this, one hundred tumans was received and the rest remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Hajiyah Khanum and Abu al-Qasim, 1899
Marriage contract of Hajiyah Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Yazdi, and Abu al-Qasim (a merchant from Yazd), the son of Mulla Hasan Yazdi. The mahr includes one hundred and fifty tumans. Seventy tumans was recieved and the rest remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak and Muhammad Baqir, 1826
Marriage contract of Bibi Kuchak, the daughter of Ustad Husayn Fakhkhar from Yazd, and Muhammad Baqir, son of Hasan (son of Zu al-Fiqar Naqi) with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: 10 shares of the shared ownership of a house (the ownership of which was divided into 80 shares), an outfit worth 10 tumans, two-and-a-half Shah-mans [each is six kilograms] of copper worth five tumans, gold, and a carpet for covering a room, worth five tumans. The groom's mother contributed the gold and the house, his father contributed the carpet, and the rest remain the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Banu and Muhammad ʻAli, 1831
Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum Banu, thedaughter of Rajab ʻAli, and Muhammad ʻAli, the son of Mulla ʻAbd Allah from Yazd. The mahr includes: two-sixths of the shared ownership of a house, worth ten tumans, clothes worth five tumans, two Shah-mans [each of which is six kilograms] of copper worth four tumans, a carpet for covering a room, worth two tumans, a mirror worth five thousand dinars, some gold and silver, a dowry chest worth one tuman, and two thousand dinars.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud Khan, 1870
Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg, the daughter of Lutf Allah Mirza, and Mirza Masʻud Khan, the son of Muhammad Husain, with a mahr of 1120 tumans, which includes: four shares of a qanat in Hidayat Aabad village's water, clothing worth 500 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 200 tumans, a carpet worth 150 tumans, copper dishes made in Yazd worth 50 tumans, silver worth 75 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 25 tumans, and one male slave and one female slave worth 80 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud, 1870
Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg, daughter of Lutf Allah Mirza, and Mirza Masʻud, son of Mirza Muhammad Husayn, with a mahr of 1120 tumans, which includes: two shares of use of water from a qanat worth 500 tumans, clothes worth 200 tumans, gold worth 150 tumans, two carpets worth 50 tumans, 50 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copperware made in Yazd worth 75 tumans, silver worth 250 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 40 tumans, a slave and a male servant worth 80 tumans. These items were settled for the stipulated amount of money [1120 tumans].
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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.