Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Settlement between Shaykh Mahdi and Ziya’ Najmabadi, 1955

Settlement between Shaykh Mahdi and Ziya’ Najmabadi, 1955

Copy of a settlement on Ministry of Justice letterhead regarding a property (numbered 2170 to 2172) in the Shaykh Hadi neighborhood in Tehran. Aqa Mirza Muhammad Khan Najmabadi had inherited this property from his mother, Sakinah Khanum Kundushlu (Shaykh Hadi’s wife). In 1947, he sold the property to his niece, Sadiqah Najmabadi. After Sadiqah Najmabadi’s death in March of 1955, the property was inherited by her father, Shaykh Mahdi Najmabadi, and her husband, Ziya’ Najmabadi. According to this document, on November 12, 1955, Shaykh Mahdi sold his share to Ziya’ Najmabadi.