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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, 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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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.