Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Ruqiyah Khanum and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, 1896

Marriage contract of Ruqiyah Khanum and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, 1896

Marriage contract of Ruqiyah Khanum, the daughter of Mulla Muhammad Haj ʻAli Salih, and Ustad ʻAli Asghar, the son of Karbalayi Yusuf Kar. The mahr includes: parts of gardens and some pieces of land, half of the house of the groom’s father, in which he lives now, ten mans of copper worth seven tumans, carpets to cover a room, worth six tumans, two outfits to be bought for three tumans, and another outfit to be bought for two tumans. In 1907, Karbalayi ʻAli gave Ruqiyah another piece of land instead of the one that he had sold with her permission.

Item Details

  • Date 9 November 1896
  • Collections Astan-i Quds
  • Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 15 January 2016
  • Last Edited 12 October 2016
  • Record no. 14126A82
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