Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum with ʻAli ʻAskar Ruknabadi, 1908

Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum with ʻAli ʻAskar Ruknabadi, 1908

Marriage contract of Fatimah Khanum (daughter of ʻAbd al-Razzaq, the fabric weaver) and ʻAli ʻAskar Ruknabadi (son of ʻAli [?]) on August 9, 1908. The mahr includes three sixths of a house, three sixths of a garden in Ghulam’s village in Bagh Bala, and twenty tumans, five tumans of which are to be received directly by the bride and fifteen tumans of which are to be received later. The three sixths of the house are to be settled by the groom’s mother and is part of the mahr.

Item Details

  • Date 9 August 1908
  • Dimensions 22 x 18.5 cm
  • Collections Sayyid Ahmad Musavi Ruknabadi
  • Repository Sayyid Ahmad Musavi Rukn Abadi Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 17 July 2014
  • Last Edited 6 October 2014
  • Record no. 13107A4
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