Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Marziyah Khanum and Mirza Mahdi, 1929

Marriage contract of Marziyah Khanum and Mirza Mahdi, 1929

Marriage contract of Marziyah Khanum, the daughter of Haj Shaykh ‘Abd Allah Ha’iri Mazandarani, and Aqa Mirza Mahdi known as Asad Allah-zadah. The mahr was one thousand and five hundred tumans, a pair of lamps, a mirror, and a Qur’an worth ten tumans. Five hundred tumans in addition to the lamps and the mirror was received. One thousand tumans and the Qur’an remains the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 27 January 1929
  • Dimensions 23.5 x 16 cm
  • Collections Shifteh Soltani
  • Repository Shifteh Soltani
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 4 June 2015
  • Last Edited 23 September 2015
  • Record no. 13101A21
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