his father Ali b. Yaqtin – may Allah have mercy on him – sent to his female slaves [to hand over to him whatever they possessed of wealth] such that he even carried away their gifts [given to them] by the one who sold them to him [their former master], then he sent to him [al-Kadhim] what he [the Imam] had enjoined on him of [collecting] their [al-Kadhim’s sons’ prospective wives’] dowries, and he added three thousand gold coins for the Walima [public lunch], so it all came to thirteen thousand gold coins in a single installment.