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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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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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Marriage contract, settlement, and divorce agreement between Saltanat Khanum and Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza, 1910 and 1911
Marriage contract of Saltanat Khanum (known as Mukhbar al-Saltanah), daughter of Davud Mirza, and Shahzadah [prince] ‘Abbas Mirza, son of Haj Muhammad Mahdi Mirza, on March 15, 1910; the mahr includes a Qurʼan worth twenty-five tumans, one-twelfth of [illegible] ‘Abbas Abad village, five hundred tumans, a female Abyssinian slave worth one hundred and fifty tumans, and five mans [unit of weight] of silk. On April 1, 1910, Shahzadah ‘Abbas Mirza divorced Saltanat Khanum, and since the marriage was not consummated, her mahr was cut in half. Saltanat Khanum settled half of her original mahr,...
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Marriage contract of Nusrat Khanum and ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘ad al-Nizam, 1912
Marriage contract of Nusrat Khanum, daughter of Salar Nusrat, with ‘Ali Akbar Khan As‘ad al-Nizam; mahr includes one hundred misqals [unit of weight] red gold, eight female and male slaves, as well as some properties in Narmashir, Dih Shutur, and Bam
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Part of the marriage contract of Sughra Sultan Khanum and ‘Abd al-Husayn Khan, 1909
Part of the marriage contract of Sughra Sultan Khanum Surur al-Saltanah, daughter of Aqa Haji Khazin al-Mulk, and ‘Abd al-Husayn Mu‘azzaz al-Mulk, son of Haji Karim Dad Khan.
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Regarding Fatimah Sultan and Mah Rukhsar's salaries, 1910
Documents include letters of salary confirmation for Fatimah Sultan and Mah Rukhsar, daughters of Haj Almas Ghulam (servant) and servants of Taj al-Dawlah; a confirmation letter by Dust‘ali I‘tisam al-Saltanah; and their identity verification and salary forms
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