Marriage contract between Maryam Khanum (Junjun Khanum) and Muhammad Ismaʻil, 1865
A marriage contract between Maryam Khanum (Junjun Khanum), the daughter of Haj Muhammad Shafiʻ, and Muhammad Ismaʻil, the son of Haj Muhammad Baqir on 8 May 1865. The mahr is 70 tumans (equal to 40 misqal gold), carpets and rugs for a room, part of a mansion, a garden, a qalamkar bed covering of 7 tuman. On the verso, there are two notes. The first one dates a settlement between the wife and husband on 8 May 1877 and states that since the husband has sold three of the properties in the mahr, he transfers the ownership of three other properties to his wife. The second note dates to 5 May 1889 and indicates that another property included in the mahr list is sold by the husband (Muhammad Ismaʻil) and part of a garden is given to the wife instead.
Item Details
- Date 17 July 1864
- Dimensions 72 x 34 cm
- Collections Shahdad Fazeli
- Repository Shahdad Fazeli Collection
- Restrictions No Restrictions
- Accessed 29 May 2013
- Last Edited 3 October 2014
- Record no. 1385A1
