Marriage contract of Saltanat and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, 1915
Marriage contract of Saltanat, the daughter of Haj ʻAbd Allah, and Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, the son of Zabih Allah, dated May 15, 1915. The mahr is 160 tumans and includes: the use of water from two sources worth 50 tumans, one third of a garden’s profits worth 20 tumans, a house located where the groom lives worth five tumans, two outfits worth ten tumans, a set of bedding worth five tumans, a carpet worth ten tumans, three mans [each man is three kilograms] of copper worth eight tumans, sheep worth 12 tumans, and 40 tumans in cash. The wife, Saltanat Khanum, has settled part of the marriage money for some salt with Khanum Jan. The groom, Muhammad Ibrahim Bayg, also sold two properties from the mahr on March 19, 1920, and instead settled two different pieces of land to his wife.
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- Date 14 May 1915
- Collections Astan-i Quds
- Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
- Restrictions No restrictions
- Accessed 14 January 2016
- Last Edited 31 March 2016
- Record no. 14126A39
