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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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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, 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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