Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud, 1870

Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg and Mirza Masʻud, 1870

Marriage contract of Khanum Buzurg, daughter of Lutf Allah Mirza, and Mirza Masʻud, son of Mirza Muhammad Husayn, with a mahr of 1120 tumans, which includes: two shares of use of water from a qanat worth 500 tumans, clothes worth 200 tumans, gold worth 150 tumans, two carpets worth 50 tumans, 50 mans [each man is three kilograms] of copperware made in Yazd worth 75 tumans, silver worth 250 tumans, a Qurʼan worth 40 tumans, a slave and a male servant worth 80 tumans. These items were settled for the stipulated amount of money [1120 tumans].

Item Details

  • Date 17 March 1870
  • Collections Astan-i Quds
  • Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 14 January 2016
  • Last Edited 23 March 2016
  • Record no. 14126A53
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