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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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Settlement between Fatimah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad, 1789
Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Talib ibn [son of] Isfandiyar from Khvurasgan, first settled part of a building located in Khvurasgan to Aqa Muhammad, the son of Aqa Muhammad Riza, in exchange for eight thousand and five hundred dinars, but then received an additional nine thousand dinars and transferred all the property to him (1789). On verso, Aqa Muhammad's inheritors transferred this property to Aqa Masih from Khvurasgan in exchange for three tumans (1817).