Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum with Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, 1871
Marriage contract between Fatimah Khanum, the daughter of Sayyid Ahmad, and Aqa Muhammad Sadiq, the son of Mirza Husayn, on July 16, 1871. The mahr includes 18 tumans cash, room’s carpets worth 6 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering made in Isfahan worth four tumans, part of a building in Shaykh Zayn al-Din neighborhood, and a piece of land. A note on the verso reads as follows: “The bride received the mahr and nothing more is owed to her except half of her share of her husband’s inheritance, which will be given to her when her late husband’s debts are paid. April 1, 1872.” Another note on the margin reads: “whatever was part of the mahr from the properties mentioned on this document’s back was settled between Mirza Mahmud, the son of her husband, and the wife. 6 June 1906.”
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- Date 16 July 1871
- Dimensions 43.5 x 26.5 cm
- Collections Shahdad Fazeli
- Repository Shahdad Fazeli Collection
- Restrictions No Restrictions
- Accessed 16 December 2014
- Last Edited 25 February 2015
- Record no. 1385A24
