Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Fatimah and Ustad ʻAli, 1873

Marriage contract of Fatimah and Ustad ʻAli, 1873

Marriage contract of Fatimah, the daughter of Murad ʻAli Jumʻah, and Ustad ʻAli, the son of Husayn, known as Jamal. The mahr includes: one sixth of a house bought from Ustad ʻAli, son of Ismaʻil, two outfits worth five or seven tumans, five mans of copper for two-and-a-half tumans, carpets and felt worth two-and-a-half tumans, and gold and silver, worth two and half tumans each. Four tumans remain the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 14 February 1873
  • Collections Astan-i Quds
  • Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 15 January 2016
  • Last Edited 31 March 2016
  • Record no. 14126A70
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