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Marriage contract of Gul Chihrah and Muqbil, 1907
Marriage contract of Gul Chihrah, female slave of Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan’s wife, and Muqbil, son of the late ‘Abd Allah (the orderly of Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan) and male slave of Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan’s wife; the mahr is three tumans and one thousand five hundred dinars with the condition that Aqa Mirza Hasan Khan’s wife has the power of attorney to divorce Gul Chihrah
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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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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 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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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 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 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 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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