Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah and Karbalayi Hasan, 1892

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah and Karbalayi Hasan, 1892

Marriage contract of Maʻsumah, the daughter of Mukarram, and Karbalayi Hasan, the son of Ismaʻil. The mahr is 27 tumans: two sixths of a plum garden for ten tumans, a share of water usage of […] for four tumans, a carpet and a woolen carpet for one tuman, a set of bedding for one tuman, 6 sheep and goats for two tumans, three mans [each man equals three kilograms] of copper for one tuman, two outfits made of silk and foreign textiles for two tumans, two upper and lower houses for two tumans, and five tumans in cash.

Item Details

  • Date 23 July 1892
  • Collections Astan-i Quds
  • Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 14 January 2016
  • Last Edited 11 March 2016
  • Record no. 14126A44
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