Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Qamar and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, 1904

Marriage contract of Qamar and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, 1904

Marriage contract of Qamar, the daughter of Karbalayi Zayn al-ʻAbidin Turk, and Mashhadi Ahmad Turk, son of Islamʻali Turk from Badkubah [Baku], with a mahr of 150 tumans. The husband gave power of attorney to his wife so that for fifty years after the date of their marriage, if the husband goes travelling for more than two years in a row or leaves the house and does not pay the monthly alimony of one tuman and five thousand [dinars] to his wife, the wife can get a divorce after forgiving half of her mahr.

Item Details

  • Date 10 November 1904
  • Collections Astan-i Quds
  • Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 14 January 2016
  • Last Edited 31 March 2016
  • Record no. 14126A46
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