Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum and Aqa Mirza Ahmad Khan Munshi, 1911

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum and Aqa Mirza Ahmad Khan Munshi, 1911

The marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum, daughter of Karbalayi ʻAbd Allah Tabrizi, and Aqa Mirza Ahmad Khan Munshi, son of Mirza ʻAli Aqa Tafrishi. The mahr is forty tumans.

Item Details

  • Date 9 October 1911
  • Notes

    The marriage conditions indicate that for fifty years the husband is not allowed to house the wife with his first wife and for the same period, he cannot take the wife out of Tehran, unless she agrees.

  • Dimensions 24 x 17.5 cm
  • Collections Karen
  • Repository Karen Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 7 August 2012
  • Last Edited 14 September 2012
  • Record no. 1252A60
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