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Marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum with Mirza ʻAbd Allah, 1859
The marriage contract of Sakinah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAli with Mirza ʻAbd Allah, son of Aqa Muhammad Sabir on 10 December 1859. The mahr is 6 tumans Ashrafi (equal to 20 misqals red gold), copper dishes and containers, a qalamkar bed covering (made in Isfahan), carpet and rugs. On verso, Sakinah Khanum settles all her rights to her husband. In 1888 after her husband's death, Sakinah Khanum confirms this settlement once more, receives her dowry, and gives 20 tumans to Mirza ʻAbd Allah's underage children.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum with Mirza Rahim, 1868
Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad and Mirza Rahim, the son of Mirza Husayn, on April 11, 1868. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, room carpets including a rug and felt worth 10 tumans, and a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan. It also includes some properties belonging to the bridegroom's mother, father, and paternal aunt, which were settled with the bridegroom and were then included in mahr. A note on the verso reads: "Aqa Mirza Rahim"
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Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, 1886
Marriage contract of Sughra Khanum, the daughter of Ustad Muhammad Rahim Allah Abadi, and Aqa Muhammad Rahim, the son of Aqa Mirza Kazim from Isfahan. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and shares of land, twenty-five tumans for building a house, seventeen tumans to buy women's outfits, twelve tumans for buying and selling, five tumans for bedding, one pair of earrings worth five tumans, and six tumans to buy copperware.
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Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Abu Talib, 1849
Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum, daughter of Haj ʻAliyar resident of Tehran [illegible] Isfahan, and Abu Talib, son of ʻAli Riza. The mahr is twenty two tumans and five thousand dinars. Following this contract, the groom's father settled with the groom over one-sixth of a house located at [illegible] for ten [illegible] coins and ten loads of wheat. Then the groom settled with the bride over the mentioned part of property for eight tumans of the mahr. On the back of the document: "On December 23, 1860, the wife settled with Mulla Faridun, son of Aqa Vafadar, over the same one-sixth of...
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Qur’an with birth records of Ansari family, 1854 or 5
First and last pages of a Qur’an inscribed with birth records and genealogy. Opening two pages have following birth dates recorded: Sadiqah Khanum Mahin Banu, 12 Shavval 1334 [11 August 1916]; Sultan Ahmad Khan, 29 Sha‘ban 1336 [9 June 1918]; Nush Afarin, 7 Sha‘ban 1358/22 September 1939/30 Shahrivar 1318 in India; Parviz, 1 August 1928 [10 Murdad 1307]; ‘Alimurad, 3 Bahman 1327 [23 January 1949], Isfahan; Amir Khusraw 5 Aban 1333/28 October 1955/11 Rabi al-Avval [1375], Tehran. A following page indicates the Qur’an originally belonged to Muhammad Mahdi ibn Farrukh Ghaffari. On the last...
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Settlement, 1891 and 1901
Aqa Mirza Muhammad Husayn, son of the late Haji Muhammad Ibrahim from Varnusfadiran of Isfahan, exchanges some properties in Varnusfadiran as well as some share of water for one hundred and sixty five tumans, with two kharvars [unit of weight] wheat, one hundred dinars, and one sir [unit of weight] of Isfahan's crystal candy for the detriment clause. Dated October 8, 1891. On the margin: "In May or June 1892, ‘Ibad Allah settled the above garden to the mother of Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, for one hundred dinars and some wheat. On September 8, 1901, the mother of Aqa Muhammad Ibrahim Khan...
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Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1871
Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ahmad, and Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on July 16, 1871. The mahr includes 18 tumans cash, room's carpets worth 6 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth four tumans, part of a building in Shaykh Zayn al-Din neighborhood, and a piece of land. A note on the verso reads as follows: "The bride received the mahr and nothing more is owed to her except half of her share of her husband's inheritance, which will be given to her when her late husband's debts are paid. April 1, 1872." Another note on the...
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Silver tray
Belonged to Munavvar al-Dawlah Mujtahidi (grandmother of Riza Rafiʻi)
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Documents Related to the Shrine of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim
Texts about the shrine of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim, including: a report which talks about the expenses of the shrine of Hazrat ‘Abd al-‘Azim (including shrine, portico, veranda, etc) and other tombs (including that of the Crown Prince, Husayn Khan, Muhsin Mirza, daughter of Muʻizz al-Dawlah, Surur al-Saltanah, Majd al-Dawlah, ‘Abd Allah Mirza, and Sayyid ‘Abd Allah) in the period between 7th to 12th January 1876, an order for compensation written by Amin al-Sultan to Shatir Hashim, whose belongings were stolen, Amin al-Sultan's command that the custodian of the shrine arrest the two criminals...
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Marriage contract between Khvurshid Khanum and Asad Allah, 1876
Marriage contract between Khvurshid Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, and Asad Allah, the son of Aqa Jaʻfar, dated December 18, 1876. The mahr includes 30 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering from Isfahan worth 4 tumans, room carpets including a rug and corner felt rugs worth 8 tumans, parts of lands and gardens, some properties in Vadasht, and one and a third walnut trees. On the verso: "after dividing the properties of Aqa Jaʻfar among his children, and calculating the shares of the bridegroom's brothers, one acre from the four acre lands of Aqa Taqi was settled for [fifteen] qafiz of the...
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