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Marriage contract of Mah Parah Khanum and Sultan Husayn Mirza, 8 May 1854
Marriage contract between Mah Parah Khanum, daughter of Bahram Mirza and Sultan Husayn Mirza, son of Ahmad ‘Ali Mirza. The sidaq (mahr) includes 1,000 ashrafi tumans of 18 nukhud weight, a newly-minted Nasir al-Din shahi coin, a Qur’an worth 50 tumans, a male domestic slave [ghulam], and a female domestic slave [jariah], valued at fifty tumans each. Inscribed under the top decorative medallion is the name of Bahram Mirza, possibly the father of Shahzadah Sultan Husayn Mirza.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum Khanum and Karbalayi Muhammad Husayn, 1849
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad ‘Ali from Shiraz, and Karbalayi Muhammad Husayn, the son of Haj Muhammad Husayn the merchant; the mahr is one hundred and forty tumans, of which fifty tumans has been paid and the rest, in addition to thirty tumans (the price of a female slave), remains the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum and Muhammad Nasir Khan, 1876
Marriage contract of Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Haji Isma‘il Khan, and Muhammad Nasir Khan, the son of Hasanquli Khan Sartip [the brigadier general] Qajar; the mahr is one thousand and sixty tumans, of which twenty tumans is the price of a volume of Qur’an, forty tumans went to the purchase of a female slave, and the rest remains the groom's debt.
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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 between Sakinah Sultan Khanum and ʻAli Aqa Bayg, 1867
Marriage contract between Sakinah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa ʻAbd Allah Bayg Afshar Qazvini, and ʻAli Aqa Bayg, the son of Husayn ʻAli Bayg Qarabaghi, dated July 13, 1867. The mahr is 260 tumans, of which the bride received 80 tumans and 180 tumans were charged to bridegroom. Of this 180 tumans, the value of 40 tumans was represented by the price of a female slave and 10 tumans were the price of a Qurʼan.
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Marriage contract of Khanum Fatimah Sultan and Mirza Muhammad Khalil, 1887
Marriage contract between Khanum Fatimah Sultan, daughter of Mirza Muhammad, and Aqa Mirza Muhammad Khalil known as Mirza Aqa, son of Mirza Muhammad Hasan. The mahr includes a copy of the Qur’an worth fourteen tumans, three hundred tumans, ten tumans worth of raw silks, and an Ethiopian female slave worth fifty tumans, all remaining the groom's debt.
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Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, 1889
Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Jan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, the son of Mirza Muhammad from Herat, with a mahr of 300 tumans including: gold and jewelry worth 100 tumans, a carpet, bedding and copper worth 100 tumans, a Qurʼan worth fifty tumans, and an Abyssinian female slave worth fifty tumans. The marriage vows were said by the attorneys of both parties.
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Marriage contract of Halimah Baygum Khatun with Mirza Shams al-Din, 1865.
Belongs to Turan Misgarzadah, inherited from her husband's close relatives. The marriage contract is between Halimah Baygum Khatun, daughter of Haji Sayyid Razi [?] ‘Atr Allah, with Mirza Shams al-Din, son of Mirza Muhammad Jaʻfar. Mahr is 110 tuman, from which 10 tuman is the price of Qur’an, 40 tumans is the price of a female slave, and 60 tuman should be paid in cash.
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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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Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Asad Allah, 1879
Marriage contract of Gawhar Khanum (daughter of ʻAliriza Mustawfi) with Mirza Asad Allah (son of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi) in May or June 1879. Mahr includes 100 tumans, a Qurʼan, gold (ten tumans), copper containers made in Kashan, a carpet, a qalamkar bed covering, a female Ethiopian slave (40 tumans), one third of an herb shop, part of a farm land near Savah and its water right, one sixth of a house in andaruni, and one sixth of a farm house originally belonged to the groom's father, who transfers it to Mirza Asad Allah to be included in his wife's Mahr.
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