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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 of Khayr al-Nisaʼ and Mirza Muhammad Hadi, 1794
Marriage contract of Khayr al-Nisaʼ, the daughter of Haj Muhammad Khadim, and Mirza Muhammad Hadi, son of Mirza Muhammad Mahdi, the treasurer of the shrine of Imam Riza, with a mahr of 20 tumans, which includes: five tumans in cash, some crimson gold for three tumans, 12 mans of copper worth three tumans, a room carpet worth three tumans, and a female slave worth six tumans.
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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 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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Letter regarding inheritance
Letter (on letterhead of ‘Asr-i jadid newspaper) addressed to Mirza Ahmad who was the executor of the will of the writer's parents. Upon Mirza Ahmad and Khalah Jan's advice, the writer's share was given to Fakhr Taj Khanum to be returned to the writer when they reached the legal age. However, Fakhr Taj Khanum has not returned the share and the writer is asking for Mirza Ahmad's help. At the end, the writer compares this favor to buying and then freeing a slave for Aqa ‘Abd al-‘Ali.
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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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Part of a letter
The writer shares some news about the purchase of a slave (Khvajah) for the crown prince from Somalia for two thousand tumans and mentions that Aqa brought four Kaniz (female slaves) for Khalah Jan, Mahmud Khan, Mademoiselle, and the writer. Three of them are Baluchis and one is Bambasi. Aqa also brought a male slave as a souvenir for the writer; his name is Qanbar. S/he then describes three things that s/he wanted during the three years that Aqa was governing the ports and has them all now: a good gun, a mare called ‘Abid, and now Qanbar. S/he then describes the mares and the horses that...
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Four copies of marriage contract, 1714 to 1827
First image: copy of the marriage contract of Farangis Khanum, daughter of Lutf‘ali Khan, and Murtaza Quli Mirza, son of Haydar Quli Mirza (son of Fath‘ali Shah Qajar), with mahr of five hundred tumans, May 28, 1827; second image: copy of the marriage contract of Shams Banu, daughter of Fath‘ali Shah Qajar, and Mirza Musa Khan, son of Mirza Buzurg; third image: copy of a marriage contract, November 20, 1805; fourth image: copy of the marriage contract of Aminah Sultan Baygum, daughter of Mirza Ghiyas al-Din Mansur al-Husayni, and Mirza Zayn al-‘Abidin, son of Mirza Sayyid ‘Ali al-Musavi...
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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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Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri
Letter from Ghulam Husayn ‘Amiri to his wife, Qamar al-Muluk ‘Amiri, expressing his happiness for the well-being of Qamar al-Muluk and their daughter, ‘Ishrat, news of the earthquake, sending the gazelle they had caught to Sardar, and sending some fabrics for the bedding of the female slave servants
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