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Settlement between Fatimah Baygum and Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali, 1847
Settlement between Fatimah Baygum known as Kuchik Baygum, daughter of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn from Na’in, and her paternal brother, Mirza ‘Abd al-‘Ali, over some properties in Isfahan in exchange for one hundred dinars and some wheat
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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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Booklet of documents
Documents related to women are the following: seq. 23: "I, Haj ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, have received all the jewelry of my deceased wife, Nabat Khanum, which was left with the wife of Haji Vakil al-Dawlah for safekeeping, plus three documents that were not listed. December 29, 1886"; seq. 27: a few years ago, the deceased Nabat Khanum from Tehran, the wife of the deceased ʻAli Asghar Bayg, officer at the royal post service, had left 1000 tumans with Haji Aqa Muhammad Hasan Vakil al-Dawlah, representative of the government of the United Kingdom, who claims on the...
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Settlement between Fatimah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Husayn, and Haj Muhammad, 1917
Settlement between Fatimah Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Husayn, the children of Karam ‘Ali, the son of Husayn Karam‘ali Paykani Jarqu’iyyah, and Haj Muhammad, the son of Muhammad Riza and the resident of Sa‘adat Abad Jarqu’iyyah Castle over some properties, a share of water usage, and parts of a qanat in exchange for ninety-seven tumans.
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Settlement between the inheritors of Haj Husayn Urnadi and Haj Sayf al-Dawlah, 1905
Settlement of the inheritors of the late Haj Husayn Urnadi with Haj Sayf al-Dawlah, exchanging five different properties for five thousand tumans, which was paid in cash. The inheritors include: his oldest son, Muhammad Hasan, his daughters, Karbalayi Javahir, Karbalayi Sahib, Kishvar, Khadijah, Farkhundah, and Rubabah (with their husbands' permission), his permanent wives, Karbalayi Shahr Banu, Karbalayi Mihr Banu, Sahib Sultan, and Shaykh Ziya’ al-Din on behalf of his two underaged children.
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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 contract of Sadiqah Khanum and Mirza Mahdi Quli, 1927
Marriage contract of Sadiqah Khanum, daughter of Mirza Sayyid Muhammad Husayn, and Mirza Mahdi Quli, son of Mirza Sayyid Asad Allah. The mahr is one hundred tumans, which includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, white gold worth twenty-five tumans, women's clothing worth twenty-five tumans, and twenty-five tumans in cash. The groom and his father settled some properties and some water channels for fourteen riyals of the mahr with the bride.
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Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, 1923
Marriage contract of Kawkab Sultan, daughter of Mulla Ghulam Husayn, son of Muhammad Hasan, and Haj Mulla ‘Abd al-‘Ali, son of Muhammad ‘Ali. The mahr includes twenty-five tumans as an initial gift, twenty-five tumans for women's clothing, twenty-five tumans for rugs, twenty-five tumans for gold, some properties, and a share of water use. The groom settled the properties and the share of water use with the bride for fourteen riyals of the mahr.
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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