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Letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, 1896
A letter to Haj Mirza Muhammad Sahib Mushki, a merchant from Isfahan, about the shares of inheritance and what has already been taken by [his] mother, late brother, and late sister, a list of all the properties and their values, and the unfairness toward the writer’s two children.
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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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Letters from the wives of the murdered and accused murderer to Iran-i naw, 1911
Letter from Nimtaj from Rasht regarding the murder of Lutf‘ali Mu’addab al-Sultan, head of the Anzali police department; and a letter from Fatimah (daughter of ‘Ali Akbar from Isfahan and wife of Mujir al-Iyalah) whose husband is accused of murder
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Settlement, 1923
Settlement between Aqa Yad Allah, son of the late Fath Allah, and his wife, from Varnusfadiran, and Haji [Aqa Habib?] Khan, son of the late Mirza ‘Abbas from the same village, exchanging a piece of land in Dashtandah plain and some shares of water in Haji ‘Ali Akbar's garden for twenty-seven tumans and five thousand dinars, with five thousand dinars for the detriment clause.
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Settlement between Fatimah and Karbalayi Hasan, 1864
Settlement between [Fatimah, daughter of the late Hadi] and Karbalayi Hasan, the blind, son of the late Hasan Muhsin, exchanging a share of land located at Favadan Plain for a share of water in the same plain.
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Filicide, 1910
Sadiq, with the help of the sister of his first wife, killed his son from his second wife who had died a while after she was divorced, by throwing him in a well; the sister-in-law confessed and was sentenced to death by being thrown from a high location
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Settlement between Haji ‘Ali Asghar and Sakinah Baygum Khanum, 1874
Settlement, dated June 8, 1874, between Haji ‘Ali Asghar, son of Muhammad from Khuzan, and Sakinah Baygum Khanum, daughter of Mirza Haji Sayyid ‘Ali and wife of Akhund Mulla Abu al-Qasim, over one-twelfth of a house and a garden in Shams Abad of Khuzan. Another twelfth of this property belongs to Sakinah Khanum according to her marriage contract. Umm Kulsum Khanum, mother of Akhund Mulla Abu al-Qasim, owns one-twelfth of this property as well. On the verso, dated June 9, 1874: another settlement has determined the shares of Sakinah Baygum Khanum and Umm Kulsum Khanum.
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Settlement between wife of Aqa Mirza ‘Abbas ‘Ali and Haji Aqa Kalb‘ali's sons, 1901
Division of a garden known as Aqa ‘Ali Akbar Khan Garden, and located in Varnusfadiran village, between wife of Aqa Mirza ‘Abbas ‘Ali Ibn Haj Muhammad Mahdi Sultan and three sons of the late Haji Aqa Kalb‘ali (Muhammad Sadiq Khan Nayib, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, and Aqa ‘Abd al-Husayn). Share of Aqa Mirza ‘Abbas ‘Ali's wife is three-sixth of the property adjacent to Dahanu qanat in exchange for ten tumans; and share of Haji Aqa Kalb‘ali's sons is three-sixth of the garden on the other side of properties belonging to Haji Kazim's inheritors, in exchange for seven tumans. Written on verso: copy of...
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Letter from Tayirah to Isabella Brittingham, 1909