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Vanished female slave, 1909
Khush Qadam, a female slave owned by Haji Muqaddam al-Divan, has vanished, and her child, Farhad, is distressed
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Letter about a female slave, 1913
About a female slave who was given back to her owner; the author undertakes to give the slave to her owner and receive the receipt.
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About selling ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah's female slave, 1909
Published in issue no. 45: ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s female slave was given to Haji Mirza Aqa Bardah-furush (slave seller) to be sold in the bazaar. She had fled but later was captured by police and given back to Haji Mirza Aqa; issue no. 46: three woman have stepped in to raise money for the slave’s freedom; issue no. 47: ‘Ali Muhammad Khan, ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s agent, comes to the office of Iran-i naw and states that the female slave, named Ziba, actually belonged to ‘Ala’ al-Saltanah’s wife, ‘Azimat al-Dawlah, who had granted her freedom a few days earlier. ‘Ali Muhammad Khan holds her letter...
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Marriage contract of Gul Chihrah and Muqbil, 1907
Marriage contract of Gul Chihrah, female slave of Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan’s wife, and Muqbil, son of the late ‘Abd Allah (the orderly of Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan) and male slave of Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan’s wife; the mahr is three tumans and one thousand five hundred dinars with the condition that Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan’s wife has the power of attorney to divorce Gul Chihrah
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Refuting the news of the sale of women and children in Morocco, 1913
The French army rejects the report of the sale of women and children in Morocco, claiming that only two or three small children had been sold and the children were found and returned to their families.
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Selling Nawbahar and her daughter, 1919
Bibi Fatimah, daughter of the late ‘Ali Khan Sultan, sells a female slave named Nawbahar and her daughter to [?] Khanum in exchange for one hundred tumans and a detriment fee of one hundred dinars and some wheat
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Marriage contract of Khanum Sughra and Mirza Abu al-Qasim, 1912
Marriage contract between Khanum Rubab (known as Khanum Sughra), daughter of Aqa Mirza Muhammad Khalil (known as Aqa Mirza Vahhab Tajir (merchant)), son of Haji Mirza Abu Talib Tajir, and Aqa Mirza Abu al-Qasim, son of Haji Mirza Abu Talib Tajir. The mahr is four hundred tumans, including two hundred tumans, a copy of the Qur’an worth fourteen tumans, a female slave worth forty tumans, some raw silks, and five misqals of pearls.
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Marriage contract of Khavar and Haydar, 1919
Marriage contract of Khavar, daughter of the late ‘Ali Akbar, and Karbalayi Haydar, son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali Quli; the mahr is fifty tumans, some gold worth ten tumans, some copperware worth five tumans, a carpet worth five tumans, a male servant/slave worth five hundred tumans, one-sixth of a house in Faridun Bayg along with a piece of land adjacent to it, and one female slave, dated February 16, 1919. On December 18, 1925, Khavar settles her mahr with her husband for two thousand [dinars] and some sugar cubes as he has taken her several times for pilgrimage to the holy shrines in Iraq.
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Marriage Contract of Surur al-Saltanah and Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk, 1909
Marriage Contract of Sughra Khanum Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Khazin al-Mulk, and ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk, son of Karim Dad Khan Salar. Mahr is a copy of the Qurʼan (valued at 100 tumans), a female slave (value of 70 tumans), and one thousand and five hundred tumans cash (that was presented), as well as some properties including the related water creeks, trees, and gardens in exchange for three thousand and five hundred tumans. The above was first deeded to the groom by his father and then, the groom included it in the Mahr for his wife.
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Marriage contract of Fakhri Jahan Khanum and Mirza Habib Allah Khan, 1913
Marriage contracts of Fakhri Jahan Khanum, daughter of Bayan al-Saltanah and Mirza Habib Allah Khan, Son of Mirza Ghaffar Khan Mustawfi. The mahr is 1100 tumans, from which 50 tumans is the price of a Qurʼan and 50 tumans is the price of a female slave.
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