Khanum Khavatin

Collection of family photographs, a picture, a marriage contract, and some sale and settlement documents

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Collection Highlights

Group portrait

Group portrait

Marriage contract of Nur al-‘Ayn Khanum and Nasr Allah Khan Qajar, 1898

Verses of poetry and prayer with images

Collection Details

Dates Late-19th to mid-20th century
Date Acquired April 21, 2017
Last Edited 11 April 2019
Record Number 17202

Genres marriage contracts sales & settlements legal & financial photographs calligraphy drawings and paintings
Subjects mahr money husband and wife water and irrigation marriage property and property management inheritance siblings power of attorney group portraits hair ornaments and styles architecture veils clothing fabrics portraits shoes children calligraphy poetry Sufism prayer drawings and paintings courts debts and loans

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