Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of  Maryam Khanum and Haji Mirza ʻAli Asghar, 1920

Marriage contract of Maryam Khanum and Haji Mirza ʻAli Asghar, 1920

The temporary marriage contract for 99 years between Maryam Khanum, daughter of Mashhadi Iskandar Santur [?], and Haji Mirza ʻAli Asghar, son of Sayyid Riza. The sidaq is forty tumans.

Item Details

  • Date 1 August 1920
  • Notes

    The conditions of the contract stipulate that while the wife is married to the husband, he has to pay her mahr and alimony and the alimony should be appropriate to her conditions.

  • Dimensions 22.5 x 18 cm
  • Collections Karen
  • Repository Karen Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 7 August 2012
  • Last Edited 14 September 2012
  • Record no. 1252A65
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