Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Settlement of Shahzadah Khanum and Khvajah Nazar, 1854

Settlement of Shahzadah Khanum and Khvajah Nazar, 1854

Settlement between Shahzadah Khanum, Fath‘ali Khan’s mother, with Khvajah Nazar, the Christian merchant, regarding the villages of Bilvirdi and Yangajah in the Bidustan region and all their attached land and water creeks, which will belong to Shahzadah Khanum in exchange for three thousand tumans. According to the note on verso, the contract was registered at the Embassy office in Tabriz and was written by Mirza Muhsin Amin Shuraka’, the chronicler, on August 11, 1854.

Item Details

  • Date 27 July 1854
  • Dimensions 74 x 28 cm; height of the leather part: 18 cm
  • Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
  • Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 8 November 2016
  • Last Edited 7 December 2016
  • Record no. 14142A179
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