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Asiyah Baygum Khanum receives her mahr and share of inheritance, 1921
Asiyah Baygum Khanum (daugter of Aqa Sayyid Ismaʻil Mariyanaji) has received all her mahr recorded in her marriage contract, plus her inheritance share of one eighth of her husband's (the late Karbalayi Khudabakhsh Mariyanaji) properties. She has received this from Haj Aqa Muhammad Razavi (son of Haji Aqa Hasan) Shari‘atmadar (the local religious notable), who was her husband's will executor. She confirms that she has received all that was her due, including her mahr and the one-eighth of Karbalayi Khudabakhsh's properties (from the house, household furnishings, gardens, and the rest).
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Divorce settlement between Nush Afarin Khanum and Aqa Hasan Shari‘atmadar, 1881
Divorce settlement between Nush Afarin Khanum (daughter of the late Sadiq Khan) with her husband Aqa Hasan Shari‘atmadar (the local religious notable); the setllement covers Nushafarin Khanum's mahr and alimony and her other rights. All of the clothes and other belongings, worth 75 tumans, were received and and repossessed. Because of the mutually agreed divorce, her husband gave Mirza Asad Allah power of attorney to execute the divorce based on the divorce contract. Nush Afarin Khanum delegated to Aqa the right to divorce her and gave away her right of alimony. Nush Afarin Khanum and her...
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Gawhari Khanum's will, 1923
Gawhari Khanum (daughter of Haj Zu al-Riyasatayn) makes her daughter, Batul Khanum, the executor of her will so that after Gawhari Khanum's death Batul Khanum has to sell the three-sixths of the mills in Murad Bak valley, or buy that share, and spend the money for the expenses in the year of Gawhari Khanum's death. Seven hundred tumans of subtenancy should be paid for fifty years of fasts and prayers. Five hundred tumans should be paid for the expenses of carrying the corpse to the holy cities in Iraq. If this was not possible, the corpse should be carried to Qum and be burried next to the...
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Letter
Greetings and a report of the writer's everyday activities.
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Letter
A letter, which reads: "Dearest, today Khvurshid Khanum is present and she would like you to come and visit her three hours before sunset."
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Letter
A letter, which reads: "Dearest, you don't think of me but I won't let you out of my mind. It has been a while that you stopped writing letters and paying attention to me. In fact, what saved me from the challenges of living in this city was seeing your handwriting, which was better than any blessing. If you knew how much your letters delighted me you would have never stopped writing them and waiting for my response. I wish you live for a thousand years, each with a thousand months, each a hundred thousand years long. With love, me."
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Letter and list of expenses
In this letter, the writer gives an interpretation of a Rumi's poem. On verso there is a document listing some personal expenses: "From the five tumans [that I had] I have paid: two thousand dinars to Abu al-Qasim Bayk, three thousand dinars for Arabian shoes, five hundred dinars for a shirt, five hundred dinars for socks, and two thousand and five hundred dinars for public bath."
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Letter disputing Kuchak Khanum's claims
The writer disputes the substance of a financial claim made by Kuchak Khanum (daughter of ʻAmu Rahmat Allah) and requests that Shariʻatmadar (the local religious leader) confirm that this claim has been settled and her further pursuance has no grounds. The marginal note, in the hand-writing and with the seal of Shariʻatmadar Haji Sayyid Sadiq, the Friday prayer leader, confirms that Kuchak Khanum had previously received all that was her due.
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Letter from Hajib Khanum
Letter from Hajib Khanum. It reads in part: "My dearest, I have received the letter you sent me, which made my day. I will write about selling the household furniture and the carpet to A[qa] Husayn and will explain it in detail. I have said again and again that I prefer you to everyone else, and if you give that five tumans or I give it to you it's still ours. But I insist that you take more or less 10 tumans from the price of furniture in order to stop rumors. You wrote that the twenty five tumans is ready. It will be twenty five tumans because we need to pay deposit for a house in order...
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Letter requesting confirmation of Mirza ʻAli Khan Mustawfi Bashi's transfer of his properties to his wife, 1896
Letter requesting confirmation of Mirza ʻAli Khan Mustawfi Bashi's transfer of all his belongings and properties to his wife before he had passed away. The writer emphasizes that Mirza ʻAli Khan had included all buildings, animals, and household furnishings in this tranfer; that the rest of his inheritors have no claim on these properties; any such claim on their part is not valid. It requests that the addressee confirm the truth of this statement in case there is need for it; dated September 1896.
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