Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, 1889

Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum and Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, 1889

Marriage contract of Fatimah Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Jan Mustawfi, and Mirza Muhammad Husayn Mustawfi from Herat, the son of Mirza Muhammad from Herat, with a mahr of 300 tumans including: gold and jewelry worth 100 tumans, a carpet, bedding and copper worth 100 tumans, a Qurʼan worth fifty tumans, and an Abyssinian female slave worth fifty tumans. The marriage vows were said by the attorneys of both parties.

Item Details

  • Date 8 February 1889
  • Collections Astan-i Quds
  • Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 14 January 2016
  • Last Edited 11 March 2016
  • Record no. 14126A54
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