Marriage contract of Aqa Mirza Sayyid Mahmud Khan, son of Aqa Mirza Sayyid Baqir Lashgar Nivis, and Shahzadah Zinat al-Muluk Khanum, daughter of Shahzadah Sultan Mahmud Mirza (Ijlal Nizam). The mahr includes 500 tumans, 5 one-tuman coins, and a Qur’an worth 20 tumans.
Marriage contract between Mirza Shafiʻ Khan, son of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan, and Fatimah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza Khan Saraydar Bashi. The mahr includes a share in the village of Karkan Arak, 600 tumans (of which 100 tumans is the purchase price of a female domestic), a Qur’an written in the hand of Mirza Shafiʻ Tabrizi, pearl prayer beads [tasbih], and other gifts given to the bride by the father of the groom. Bride's father also gifted another share of the same village to the groom.
Marriage contract of Aqa Mirza ʻAbd al-Vahab Khan, son of Mirza ʻAli Muhammad Khan (Minister of Dar al-Shura and First Exchequer) and Shahrbanu Baygum (Shams al-Muluk), daughter of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan. The mahr includes 500 tumans and a Qur’an. The father of groom has also purchased a share of the village of Karkan (from the bride's father) and gifted it to his son for him to include in the mahr.
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