Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract between Shahrbanu and Mirza Husayn, 1833

Marriage contract between Shahrbanu and Mirza Husayn, 1833

Marriage contract between Shahrbanu, the daughter of Aqa Ismaʻil, and Mirza Husayn, the son of Haj Sadiq, dated May 8, 1833. The mahr includes 30 tumans cash, a room’s carpets, including rugs and felt rugs worth 34 tumans, a qalamkar bed covering worth 4 tumans, and parts of some properties. On the verso: “Mirza Rahim, Muhammad Baqir, and their sister, Khadijah Khanum, who are the children of Mirza Husayn, settled with full consent whatever rights they had to their mother’s mahr. June 28, 1875. [Shahrbanu Khanum] settled with her three children, four and half sixths of the buildings in the [?] neighborhood on July 2nd, 1875.”

Item Details

  • Date 8 May 1833
  • Dimensions 40.5 x 28 cm
  • Collections Shahdad Fazeli
  • Repository Shahdad Fazeli Collection
  • Restrictions No Restrictions
  • Accessed 16 December 2014
  • Last Edited 25 February 2015
  • Record no. 1385A26
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