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Marriage contract of Khadijah and Kazim from Isfarjan, 1830
Marriage contract of Khadijah, daughter of ʻAli Naqi from Isfarjan, and Kazim from Isfarjan. The mahr includes three tumans, four misqals [unit of weight] of golden jewelry, copperware, a set of local women’s clothes and a set of European women's clothes, chintz bedding from Isfahan, a rug, one colorful kilim, a pair of felt rugs, and for the purchase price of some properties.
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Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906
Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom's father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of...
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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 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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Marriage agreement of Munavvar and Ibrahim, 1939
Marriage agreement of Munavvar, daughter of Fath Allah, son of Muhammad Baqir from Khuzan, and Ibrahim, son of Karbalayi Husayn Mubashir from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, one-sixth of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, half of an acre of land in Khuzan, and eight tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, eight tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, rugs, the bridal gift, two mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding, and two sets of proper women's clothes.
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Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi and Husayn Qasri, 1941
Marriage agreement of Rubabah Aqayi, daughter of ʻAbd al-Karim son of Muhammad Hashim from Khuzan, and Husayn Qasri, son of the late Mustafa from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two-and-a-half riyals, a share of a house in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, one hundred tumans to buy land for the bride, and twenty tumans to buy gold and earrings. The groom's maternal grandmother, Hajiyah Fatimah, will transfer the ownership of one-sixth of the house mentioned in order for the groom to make a share of it part of the mahr. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid for...
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Marriage contract of Sughra and Riza, 1919
Marriage contract of Sughra, the underage daughter of Ghulam ‘Ali son of Haj Isma‘il, and Riza, son of the late ‘Ali son of Rajab from Muhammadabad. The mahr includes ten tumans, one-third of a residential building in Muhammadabad, ten tumans to buy copperware, ten tumans to buy rugs and a chest, three tumans to buy a gold ring, and seven tumans to buy exquisite women's clothes.
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Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum and Murad ‘Ali, 1891
Marriage and divorce contracts of Baygum Khanum, daughter of the late Aqa Taqi, and Murad ‘Ali, son of the late Kazim. The mahr includes one tuman and five thousand dinars, one-and-a-half misqals of golden jewelery, copperware, European chintz clothes, a set of bedding made in Qumshah, kilim and a felt rug, and one-sixth of the groom's residential building located in the Ustad Qasim the Carpenter neighborhood of Asfarjan village. On April 26, 1894, the wife settled her mahr and alimony with her husband for two tumans, a donkey, two mans [unit of weight] of flour, a pair of shoes, four zar‘...