Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Asad Allah, 1879

Marriage contract between Gawhar Khanum and Mirza Asad Allah, 1879

Marriage contract of Gawhar Khanum (daughter of ʻAliriza Mustawfi) with Mirza Asad Allah (son of Haji Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi) in May or June 1879. Mahr includes 100 tumans, a Qurʼan, gold (ten tumans), copper containers made in Kashan, a carpet, a qalamkar bed covering, a female Ethiopian slave (40 tumans), one third of an herb shop, part of a farm land near Savah and its water right, one sixth of a house in andaruni, and one sixth of a farm house originally belonged to the groom’s father, who transfers it to Mirza Asad Allah to be included in his wife’s Mahr.

Item Details

  • Date May or June 1879
  • Notes

    This document was purchased and owned by Minu Mukri.

  • Dimensions 80 x 48 cm
  • Collections Ladjevardi
  • Repository Ladjevardi Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions.
  • Accessed 27 February 2014
  • Last Edited 28 March 2014
  • Record no. 13116A75
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