Marriage contract of Bibi Baygum and Mirhusayn, 1859
Marriage contract of Bibi Baygum, the daughter of Sayyid Riza the Chukha [woolen dress] seller, and Mirhusayn, the son of Sayyid Mahdi. The mahr includes: 14 tumans cash, some gold, 14 mans of copperware, carpet to cover a room, worth four tumans, a set of bedding for two tumans, part of a house that the groom’s father gave him and, with his permission, made part of the mahr, and some properties the bride’s grandfather, Haj Mirza Zayn al-ʻAbidin the Chukha seller, gave to the groom, which the groom made part of the mahr with the latter’s permission.
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- Date 1 November 1859
- Collections Astan-i Quds
- Repository Astan-i Quds Collection
- Restrictions No restrictions
- Accessed 16 January 2016
- Last Edited 11 March 2016
- Record no. 14126A90
