Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Aqa Mir Sayyid Riza Khan Tihrani, 1919

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum and Aqa Mir Sayyid Riza Khan Tihrani, 1919

The marriage contract of Maʻsumah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Shaykh Muhsin [?] Shaykh al-Islam Bihbahani, and Aqa Mir Sayyid Riza Khan Tihrani, son of Haj Sayyid Ahmad Aqa Javahiri. The mahr is eighty tumans.

Item Details

  • Date 23 August 1919
  • Notes

    Conditions set in the marriage enable the wife to get divorce in case the husband leaves for more than six months and prevent the husband from moving out of Mashhad without the wife’s agreement. There is a note, dated 1927, regarding mahr after divorce.

  • Dimensions 23.5 x 14.5 cm
  • Collections Karen
  • Repository Karen Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 6 August 2012
  • Last Edited 14 September 2012
  • Record no. 1252A50
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