Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Bibi Sughra Sultan and Aqa ‘Ali Murad, 1897

Marriage contract of Bibi Sughra Sultan and Aqa ‘Ali Murad, 1897

Marriage contract of Bibi Sughra Sultan, the daughter of Mashhadi Sha‘ban from Firuz Abad, and Aqa ‘Ali Murad, the son of Karbalayi Nawruz Tayif from Shiraz. The mahr is seventeen tumans and remains the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 4 November 1897
  • 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 x 17 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. 14130A44
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