Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Batul Khanum and Aqa Mirza Abu al-Qasim, 1918

Marriage contract of Batul Khanum and Aqa Mirza Abu al-Qasim, 1918

The marriage contract of Batul Khanum, daughter of Aqa ʻAbd al-Karim Arbab, and Aqa Mirza Abu al-Qasim, son of Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg. The mahr includes seventy tumans, a ring, and a Qurʼan.

Item Details

  • Date 11 December 1918
  • Notes

    According to a settlement between the husband and the wife’s father, the husband has to pay two tumans to the wife every day. The settlement on the margins is dated 1919.

  • Dimensions 21 x 15.5 cm
  • Collections Karen
  • Repository Karen Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 9 August 2012
  • Last Edited 14 September 2012
  • Record no. 1252A192
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