Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum and Muhammad Husayn, 1926

Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum and Muhammad Husayn, 1926

Marriage contract of Farkhundah Khanum [Namazi], the daughter of Haj Muhammad Husayn [Namazi] the merchant, and Aqa Muhammad Husayn [Arvand] the merchant, the son of Haji Muhammad Taqi the merchant from Bushihr. The mahr is thirty tumans for a Qur’an, one thousand tumans including five hundred tumans cash and one hundred twenty tumans for fifteen misqal of pearl, one man [unit of weight] of raw green silk from Rasht, twenty mans of salt, and three-sixths of a house, which remains the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 29 June 1926
  • Dimensions 34 x 21 cm
  • Collections Jaleh Arvand (Fariyan)
  • Repository Jaleh Arvand (Fariyan) Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 18 February 2016
  • Last Edited 11 March 2016
  • Record no. 14135A3
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