Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1897
Marriage contract between Ummah Khanum, the daughter of Habib Allah, with Muhammad Karim, son of Mirza Rahim, on January 28, 1897. The mahr is a Qurʼan worth 2 tumans, fifteen tumans cash, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth 2 tumans and five thousand dinars, a carpet kilim and a pair of felt rugs worth five tumans, and one sixth of the houses that belong to the bridegroom’s father. Note: part of the aforementioned properties were inherited by the bridegroom from his late mother and the rest was transferred to him from his father. The note on the verso reads: “a record of the mahr of Muhammad Karim and Ummah Khanum.”
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- Date 28 January 1897
- Dimensions 65 x 35.5 cm
- Collections Shahdad Fazeli
- Repository Shahdad Fazeli Collection
- Restrictions No Restrictions
- Accessed 16 December 2014
- Last Edited 25 February 2015
- Record no. 1385A20
