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Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1901
Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad Riza, and Akhund Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Akhund Mulla Muhammad Isma‘il; the mahr includes: a Qur’an worth one tuman; fifteen tumans; one thousand dinars; five misqals [each misqal is 4.25 grams] of rose gold; carpets to cover a room, including two runners, felt, and a small carpet worth ten tumans; two and a half mans (shah) [each man (shah) is 6 kilograms] of copperware worth of six tumans and five thousand dinars; a set of qalamkar beddings from Isfahan worth of four tumans; one-sixth of a house in Shahrak neighborhood...
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Naqdah wedding jacket
Tulle embroidered with gold and silver metal thread and decorated with six-corner stars.
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Copy of settlement between Rubabah and Fatimah Sultan, 1900
Copy of a settlement between Rubabah, daughter of Muhammad Khalil, son of Haj Muhammad from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, and her aunt, Fatimah Sultan, daughter of the merchant Muhammad Mahdi from Qazvin and resident of Isfahan, who is Rubabah's mother-in-law, exchanging everything that Rubabah owns, including property, money, gold jewelry, copperware, books, furniture, clothes, and dishes for seventy-five grams of sugar candy.
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Marriage contract of Khadijah and Darvish Husayn
Marriage contract of Khadijah, daughter of Ustad Barat ‘Ali, and Darvish Husayn, son of Darvish Hashim. The mahr includes nine tumans, some rose gold, some copperware, silk and chintz clothes, bedding from Isfahan, a colorful kilim, a residential building in the Aqa neighborhood, and some properties.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu and Qasim, 1903
Marriage and divorce contracts of Shahrbanu, daughter of Mashhadi ‘Ali, and Qasim, son of Mashhadi Haydar. The mahr was thirty tumans to buy goldware, copperware, felt, bedding from Isfahan, a rug, silk and European chintz clothes, and some property. The groom settled with his mother over copperware, felt, beddings, set of European chintz clothes, and part of the property. Later, he settled a part of the mentioned items with his father. On January 9, 1905, Shahrbanu settled her mahr with Qasim for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat in order to get a divorce.
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Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi and Fath Allah Jamshidi, 1935
Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi, daughter of Haydar ʻAli from Khuzan, and Fath Allah Jamshidi, son of Ramazan ʻAli from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a residential building located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, some properties in the Andan village known as Jaʻfarabad, and one pair of gold earrings worth ten tumans. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid as the bridal gift to buy women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Habibah and Mashhadi ʻAbd al-Rahim, 1937
Marriage agreement of Habibah, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Sadiq from Khuzan village, and Mashhadi ʻAbd al-Rahim, son of Haj Rajab ʻAli from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, a share of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, a share of land, and a pair of earrings worth fifteen tumans. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid to buy a rug and a set of women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi and Muhammad, 1940
Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi, daughter of Karim son of Lutfʻali from Khuzan, and Muhammad, son of ʻAbbas ʻAli resident of Huristan village. The mahr is twenty-six tumans, a share of a house in Huristan, forty tumans to buy land for the bride, ten tumans to buy gold and earrings, and one-and-a-half mans of copperware. Additionally, six tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, the bridal gift, a set of proper women's clothes, and one-and-a-half mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding.
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Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad, 1883
Marriage agreement of Fatimah, daughter of Ibrahim son of Sadiq from Khuzan, and Ahmad, son of Karbalayi Haydar son of Sadiq from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, a share of water in Andan village, land in Andan village, and ten tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for the bridal gift and two sets of proper women's clothes. The groom's father settled the share of the house mentioned, and the groom's mother, Husni Jan, settled the shares of water...
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Marriage agreement of Baygum Agha and Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, 1939
Marriage agreement of Baygum Agha, daughter of Sayyid Karim son of Sayyid Habib Allah from Khuzan, and Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, son of Sayyid Hashim Furushani. The mahr includes one-twelfth of a house in Furushan village, and ninety tumans, of which twenty-six tumans and two-and-one-half riyals remain the groom's debt. The rest should be spent on gold, cotton wool, chintz, trays, and rugs. The groom's father transferred ownership of one-twelfth of the house to his son.