Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Sakinah (Akram) Istifaziyah and son of ‘Ali Asghar Arbab Qazvini, 1930

Marriage contract of Sakinah (Akram) Istifaziyah and son of ‘Ali Asghar Arbab Qazvini, 1930

Marriage contract between Sakinah (Akram) Istifaziyah, daughter of Shaykh Hasan, and the son of ‘Ali Asghar Arbab Qazvini. The mahr includes 140 tumans and a Qur’an with a gift value of 2 tumans. From this mahr, 65 tumans has been paid in cash to Sakinah (Akram) Istifaziyah, and 75 tumans and the Qur’an remain the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 5 January 1931
  • Notes

    From this marriage contract, only four pages (first, second, last and second-to-last) are available. This is a copy of the original.

  • Dimensions 38.5 x 28.5 cm
  • Collections Manijeh Haddad Rahimi Nejad
  • Repository Manijeh Haddad Rahimi Nejad
  • Restrictions No restrictions.
  • Accessed 21 August 2013
  • Last Edited 4 December 2014
  • Record no. 1281A3
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