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Marriage contract of Sahib Jan Khanum and Mulla Yaʻqub, 1887
Marriage contract of Sahib Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Amin, with Mulla Yaʻqub, son of Aqa Yahya on August or September 1887.
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Letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to Rukhsarah Khanum
Several letters from Mirza Hasan Shaykh al-Islam to his wife, Rukhsarah Khanum, about his trip to Anzali and visiting Muftakhar al-Dawlah.
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Reports from Khurasan's Biglar Baygi to the governor, 1883-85
Khurasan's Biglar Baygi reports of events in different neiborhoods and the number of deaths from the morgue, a theft by a woman and arrest of a prostitute. One of these reports has a margin written by Rukn al-Dawlah requesting a report on the spread of smallpox and the number of deaths.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud Khan, 1870
Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg, the daughter of Lutf Allah Mirza, and Mirza Masʻud Khan, the son of Muhammad Husain, with a mahr of 1120 tumans, which includes: four shares of a qanat in Hidayat Aabad village's water, clothing worth 500 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 200 tumans, a carpet worth 150 tumans, copper dishes made in Yazd worth 50 tumans, silver worth 75 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 25 tumans, and one male slave and one female slave worth 80 tumans.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud, 1870
Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg, daughter of Lutf Allah Mirza, and Mirza Masʻud, son of Mirza Muhammad Husayn, with a mahr of 1120 tumans, which includes: two shares of use of water from a qanat worth 500 tumans, clothes worth 200 tumans, gold worth 150 tumans, two carpets worth 50 tumans, 50 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copperware made in Yazd worth 75 tumans, silver worth 250 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 40 tumans, a slave and a male servant worth 80 tumans. These items were settled for the stipulated amount of money [1120 tumans].
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Letter to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1867
Probably from one of Nasir al-Din Shah's wives, on how she misses the addressee after his departure to Khurasan and not receiving any letters from him
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Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, 1882
Marriage contract of Maryam Jan Baygum known as Afaq Bibi Jahan, the daughter of Mirza Masʻud Khan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haji Sayyid Qasim. The mahr is 800 tuman and includes: three shares of a garden in Herat worth of 300 tumans, pieces of land worth 100 tumans, a female slave for the wife, worth of 50 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 50 tumans, copper dishes worth 50 tumans, gold [jewelry] worth 20 tumans, and bedding and carpets worth 100 tumans. It was agreed that for 50 years after the marriage, the wife can divorce herself if the husband leaves her for more than a year...
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Will of Haj Hamzah, 1891
Will of Haj Hamzah Aqa Tajir (merchant) from Tabriz, resident of Najaf, in which he gives one hundred tumans to his wife (daughter of Haj Shaykh Muhammad) for her mahr, three hundred tumans for purchasing a house for her, and allows her to keeps all her belongings including clothing, carpets, and household furnishings. He also determines one-third of his inheritance and allocates money to be spent for his funeral and religious duties including ablution, the funeral, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and charity. Haj Hamzah Aqa has appointed Mirza Aqa Sadiq as the executor of his will in Najaf...
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Letter from Mahd-i ‘Ulya to Nasir al-Din Shah, 1867
Mahd-i ‘Ulya writes about receiving news of the conquests and describes her dream: while she and the late Baha’ al-Dawlah's wife and Bahram Mirza's wife were saying prayers at Imam Riza's shrine, Nasir al-Din Shah enters and starts his prayer. At this time, the Imam comes out of the shrine with a green turban and puts his hands on the Shah's forehead which has fallen on the Imam's feet, commends him for his efforts and promises to fulfill his wishes. He gifts the Shah a sword and asks why he had not brought more lamps to his shrine. On verso is Nasir al-Din Shah's note about receiving this...
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