Endowment for parts of two qanats and a farm by Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Mulla Abu al-Qasim Shahabadi Yazdi. The document calls for the money to be spent on Hazrat ʻAli's mourning ceremony on the three holy nights in Ramadan.
Marriage contract between Asiyah Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Hasan Khan Nuri, and Mirza Muhammad Yusuf Nuri Lashkar Nivis (of the royal artillery), dated November 17, 1856. The mahr is 400 tumans.
Marriage contract between Bibi Baygum Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza, and Haji Baba, the son of Abu al-Hadi Nasr Abadi, dated October 25, 1897. The mahr is a mirror, 10 tumans for the price of a chest, some copperware, a carpet, some clothing, one sixth of a house, and an orchard. The bridegroom's father gave the mahr (short five tumans) to the bride.
Marriage contract between Bibi Rukhsarah Baygum, the daughter of Sayyid Nasr Allah, and Mirza ʻAli Aqa, the son of Mirza Muhammad Husayn (known as Mirza Aqa), dated February 23, 1926. The mahr is 500 tumans, of which 350 tumans is the price of parts of some properties and land, and the rest of which (150 tumans) was charged to the bridegroom.
Marriage contract between Bibi Zahra Khanum, the daughter of Karbalayi ʻIvaz ʻAli, and Sayyid Abu Turab, the son of Sayyid Jaʻfar, dated October 13, 1865. The mahr is 60 tumans.
Marriage contract between Bibi Zahra Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Haj Mirza Habib, and Sayyid Hasan, the son of Haji Sayyid Husayn, dated November 19, 1921. The mahr includes parts of a property and some land in Ashkazar, a carpet, some clothing, a mirror, copper containers, a chest, a chador, and some red gold. The items listed in the mahr were valued at 100 tumans.
Marriage contract between Farkhundah Khanum and Ghulam Husayn Khan, dated December 11, 1919. The mahr is 81 tumans, of which 1 tuman is the price of a Qurʼan, 30 tumans were received by the bride, and 51 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
Marriage contract between Fatimah Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad Ismaʻil Jadid al-Islam, and Mashhadi Muhammad Kazim, the son of Karbalayi Muhammad Taqi, dated February 4, 1882. The mahr is 70 tumans and a Qurʼan. The document notes that the bride received 20 tumans from the mahr.
Marriage contract between Hajiyah Jahan Sultan Khanum, the daughter of Haji Muhammad Husayn, the broker from Isfahan, and Haji Muhammad Baqir, the son of Aqa Muhammad Taqi Isfahani, dated August 25, 1908. The mahr is 300 tumans, including a Qurʼan, some gold, and part of a house.
Marriage contract between Khadijah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Kuchak Bayg, and Mashhadi ʻAli Muhammad, dated January 5, 1923. The mahr is 135 tumans and a Qurʼan, of which the bride received 50 tumans and 85 tumans were charged to the bridegroom.
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