Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum

Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum

Legal documents of Khanum Sultan Khanum, daughter of ‘Ali Quli Bayg and wife of Sayyid Taqi, including: 2 copies of a settlement with her brother, Muhammad Ibrahim, regarding his properties in the village of Sulah Darrah (Qazvin), dated October 5, 1891; a settlement with her brother, Najaf Quli Bayg, regarding a garden (March 1, 1892); a document regarding Muhammad Hashim’s debt to Khanum Sultan Khanum and a list of his property given to Khanum Sultan Khanum pledged to guarantee the repayment of a debt (November 29, 1892); a sale document of a female donkey between Khanum Sultan Khanum and Aqa Jani, son of Faraj Allah Kunduri (June 5, 1894); a rental agreement regarding a shop (rented for 3 years in exchange for 21 tumans) between Aqa Mashhadi, son of Ghulam ‘Ali the cook, and Khanum Sultan Khanum as the designated guardian of Sayyid Ghulam Husayn (January 22, 1898); a settlement of regarding a property in the village of Sulah Darrah (Qazvin) between Khanum Sultan Khanum and Muhammad Sultan Khan, on behalf of his father, Mustafa Quli Bayg Khurani, son of Imam Quli (August 29, 1895); receipt of a debt regarding flour between Khanum Sultan Khanum and [her husband], Sayyid Taqi (March 9, 1898); order of payment of 10 tumans from Muhammad Baqir to Khanum Sultan Khanum (January 11, 1901); settlement between Khanum Sultan Khanum and her son, Sayyid Ghulam Husayn (October, 6, 1904).