Marriage contract of Mirza Shafiʻ Khan and Fatimah Khanum
Marriage contract between Mirza Shafiʻ Khan, son of Haji Mirza ʻAli Akbar Khan, and Fatimah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Riza Khan Saraydar Bashi. The mahr includes a share in the village of Karkan Arak, 600 tumans (of which 100 tumans is the purchase price of a female domestic), a Qur’an written in the hand of Mirza Shafiʻ Tabrizi, pearl prayer beads [tasbih], and other gifts given to the bride by the father of the groom. Bride’s father also gifted another share of the same village to the groom.
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- Date 14 April 1899
- Dimensions 25 x 17 cm
- Collections Olga Davidson
- Repository Olga Davidson Collection
- Restrictions No Restrictions
- Accessed 14 February 2012
- Last Edited 25 July 2012
- Record no. 1024A20
