Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan and Mashhadi Muhammad Husayn, 1915

Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan and Mashhadi Muhammad Husayn, 1915

Marriage contract of Jahan Sultan, the daughter of the late Mashhadi Muhammad Ibrahim, and Aqa Mashhadi Muhammad Husayn, the son of the late Haji Mirza Aqa from Shiraz. Mahr, twenty tumans and a printed Qur’an (the paper and ink of which are valued as one tuman), remains on the groom’s charge.

Item Details

  • Date 22 June 1915
  • Notes

    This marriage contract along with two other marriage contracts (related items) were kept in a folder labeled: “January 22, 1915, the contracts of the [female] servants”.

  • Dimensions 21 x17 cm
  • Collections Banu Badr al-Shari‘ah ‘Alavi (Imami)
  • Repository Banu Badr al-Shari‘ah ‘Alavi (Imami) Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 4 February 2016
  • Last Edited 11 March 2016
  • Record no. 14130A43
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