Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Salar Nizam's petition, 1911

Salar Nizam's petition, 1911

Fathʻali Salar Nizam writes to the Majlis to lodge a complaint against Sayyid Qasim, who took the bride of Salar Nizam’s nephew and her dowry to his home. The bride is the daughter of Salar Nizam’s wife from her ex-husband. The young couple have been married for six months, but are being kept away from each other. Sayyid Qasim’s wife is the bride’s maternal aunt, and according to Salar Nizam, Sayyid Qasim has deceived the bride in order to claim her share of the inheritance that was transferred to her brother when she was still underage. Salar Nizam says that the girl was not underage and was an adult at the time of this transfer, as others, including Haji Shaykh Awliya, the religious leader, have acknowledged.

Item Details

  • Date 23 January 1911
  • Collections Zanyar Nuri
  • Repository Zanyar Nuri Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 29 June 2015
  • Last Edited 25 September 2015
  • Record no. 13118B35
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