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Sale of properties and slaves, 1880
Sale document between Hasan Aqa Kitabdar [bookkeeper], son of Karbalayi Taqi, with the power of attorney from ‘Ali Khan, and Ibrahim Khan Sartip [brigadier] over some pieces of lands in Bam and Narmashir, as well as six female and male slaves, in exchange for one thousand one hundred fifty tumans and a detriment fee of fifty tumans and some wheat
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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,...