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Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab's house
Muhammad Husayn Mirza, the father of Saltanat Khanum (the wife of Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab, known as Shazdah Jan), built this complex of connected yards and residential buildings about two hundred years ago in a neighborhood in Isfahan. One of the alleys still carries Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab's name. However, all of the buildings and yards have since been divided into modern residences and sold. As of the date of this documentation (2015), Mir Sayyed Ali Jenab (the owner of this collection and the grandson of Saltanat Khanum and Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab) continues to live in one of the residences,...
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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.
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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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Bibi Khanum's interview
Interview with Bibi Khanum Farahmand, conducted by Afsaneh Najmabadi, Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, Layla Sadiqi, and Elahe Bagheri, on June 25, 2015. Bibi Khanum, the daughter of Rubabah Khanum and Nayib Khan, shares her memories of Sakinah Khanum, other women of the family, and family relations.
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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.
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Parvanah Sulaymani- part 1
Parvanah Sulaymani's interview conducted by Farshideh Mirbaghdadabadi, on December 4, 2018; Parvanah Khanum shares memories of her childhood, her mother and father, and other family members
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