From the left: Muluk Danishvar (Najibah's sister-in-law), Najibah Davani (Danishvar), Bibi Davani, and unidentified
Marriage contract between Bibi, daughter of Aqa Karbalayi Shukr Allah from Davan, and Aqa Mirza ‘Ali Akbar, son of Haji Mir Aqa Ahmad Tajir (merchant) from Davan. The mahr includes four hundred tumans, two hundred tumans of which consist of seventy-five misqals of gold, a chadur, a mirror, and some fabric given to the bride; the other two hundred tumans, consisting of ten misqals of gold, a copy of the Qur’an, and a tirmah, remain the groom's debt.
Standing from the left: Mah Manzar Hisamiyan, ‘Ali Hisamiyan, and Jamshid Davani; seated: Bibi Davani (Hisamiyan)
Aminah Davani, resident of Bushihr and daughter of Zahra and Haj ‘Ali Davani, was born in 1863 or 1864
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