Jaleh Arvand (Fariyan)

A collection of family photographs, letters, and legal documents, including marriage contracts, endowments, wills, sales and settlements, and identity booklets.

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Dates Early-19th to mid-20th c.
Date Acquired September 12, 2014
Last Edited 11 March 2016
Record Number 14135

Genres legal & financial marriage contracts sales & settlements correspondence photographs birth and death records endowments wills
Subjects mahr marriage money fabrics gold Qur’an fasts financial matters inheritance prayer wills charity death property and property management rawzah letter writing pilgrimages and shrines travel weather husband and wife illness hospitals clothing hair ornaments and styles portraits architecture veils carpets children group portraits hats shoes birth records examinations schools siblings medicine photographs endowments rent stores taʻziyah ʻAshura grains jewels and jewelry debts and loans funerals and burials Hajj household furnishings mourning Religious tithes tombs and cemeteries toys

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Jaleh Arvand (Fariyan)

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