Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Jewish woman requests divorce from her Muslim convert husband, 1899

Jewish woman requests divorce from her Muslim convert husband, 1899

Petition by a Jewish woman whose husband, Mahdi, previously Jewish, has converted to Islam and married a Muslim woman. He does not agree to divorce his Jewish wife and demands she also convert to Islam, which she refuses to do.

Item Details

  • Date 31 August 1898
  • Collections Zanyar Nuri
  • Repository Zanyar Nuri Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions.
  • Accessed 7 November 2022
  • Last Edited 8 March 2023
  • Record no. 13118D3
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