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Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum and Muhammad ʻAli, 1861
Marriage contract of Umm Kulsum, known as Bibi, daughter of the late Muhammad Rahim from Qaynan in Isfahan, and Muhammad ʻAli, son of the late ʻAli Akbar, resident of Shinabad village. The mahr is twenty-two and one-half tumans. Following this contract, the groom settled with the bride over some property for ten tumans of the mahr.
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Marriage contract of Taj Mah Sultan and Muhammad Riza, 1895
Marriage contract of Taj Mah Sultan, daughter of Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, and Muhammad Riza, son of Muhammad Hasan. The mahr is thirty tumans, a part of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Isfahan, and two misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Hasan, 1870
Marriage contract of Khadijah Sultan Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Riza from Isfahan, and Aqa Muhammad Hasan, the son of Aqa Muhammad Husayn; the mahr is twelve tumans and half of one-sixth of the house of residence.
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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Mahmud, 1887
Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Mahmud, the son of Muhammad Sadiq, dated December 1st, 1887. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth two tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 5 tumans, a carpet, a kilim worth 10 tumans, and three sixths of the properties inherited by the bridegroom. A note on the verso reads: "the record of Nanah Gawhar (the mother of our mother, Sakinah Khatun)'s mahr."
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Marriage contract of Khatun Jajanam [Khatun Jan Khanum [?]] with Muhammad Husayn, 1874
The marriage contract of Khatun Jajanam [Khatun Jan Khanum [?]], the daughter of Haj Muhammad Sadiq, and Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haj Muhammad Baqir on 29 September 1874. The mahr includes 12 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering (made in Isfahan), carpet, a walnut tree, a garden, and one twelfth of a house (including sanctuary, storage room, a room, and stable).
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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum with Mirza ʻAbd Allah, 1859
The marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAli with Mirza ʻAbd Allah, son of Aqa Muhammad Sabir on 10 December 1859. The mahr is 6 tumans Ashrafi (equal to 20 misqals red gold), copper dishes and containers, a qalamkar bed covering (made in Isfahan), carpet and rugs. On verso, Sakinah Khanum settles all her rights to her husband. In 1888 after her husband's death, Sakinah Khanum confirms this settlement once more, receives her dowry, and gives 20 tumans to Mirza ʻAbd Allah's underage children.
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Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, 1886
Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum, the daughter of Ustad Muhammad Rahim Allah Abadi, and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, the son of Aqa Mirza Kazim from Isfahan. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and shares of land, twenty-five tumans for building a house, seventeen tumans to buy women's outfits, twelve tumans for buying and selling, five tumans for bedding, one pair of earrings worth five tumans, and six tumans to buy copperware.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum with Mirza Rahim, 1868
Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza Rahim, the son of Mirza Husayn, on April 11, 1868. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, room carpets including a rug and felt worth 10 tumans, and a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan. It also includes some properties belonging to the bridegroom's mother, father, and paternal aunt, which were settled with the bridegroom and were then included in mahr. A note on the verso reads: "Aqa Mirza Rahim"
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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...
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1871
Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ahmad, and Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on July 16, 1871. The mahr includes 18 tumans cash, room's carpets worth 6 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth four tumans, part of a building in Shaykh Zayn al-Din neighborhood, and a piece of land. A note on the verso reads as follows: "The bride received the mahr and nothing more is owed to her except half of her share of her husband's inheritance, which will be given to her when her late husband's debts are paid. April 1, 1872." Another note on the...
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