Majlis Library, Museum and Document Center

A collection of manuscripts, marriage contracts, endowments, and other legal documents, courtesy of the Majlis Library, in Tehran, Iran. A collection of legal documents and petitions, dating to the first two sessions of the Iranian parliament and housed at the Document Center, is organized as a separate collection, Collection ID 1018B, on our site.

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For a larger selection of materials available to researchers, visit the Majlis Library, Museum and Document Center website.
Dates Late 16th to early 20th century
Last Edited 8 April 2013
Record Number 1018A

Genres manuscripts endowments legal & financial marriage contracts travelogues correspondence writings biographies and memoirs sales & settlements leases prayers & devotions birth and death records
Subjects advice husband and wife mosques schools etiquette poetry marriage mahr gold food cooking books marriage proposal humor and satire travelogues Hajj travel courtiers politics and government plays and theater biographies Sufism baths and bath accessories villages andaruni feasts gifts weddings death intercourse clothing illness medicine drawings and paintings prayer memoirs banks and banking construction education breast feeding divorce dreams slaves hunting and fishing music wine inheritance visiting love property and property management veils press decrees wills birth records horses and horse riding childbirth fasts siblings

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Majlis Library, Museum and Document Center

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