Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Settlement and crop-sharing contract between Khanumi Khanum and Bala Bayg Yavar, 1820

Settlement and crop-sharing contract between Khanumi Khanum and Bala Bayg Yavar, 1820

These documents include: 1- a settlement, dated April 23, 1820, between Khanumi Khanum, the daughter of Muhammad Sultan, and her husband, Bala Bayg Yavar, the eldest son of ‘Ali Mardan Khan, in which she settles her mahr in exchange for a farmland known as ‘Ali Akbar farm, in Guni, as well as some shares of water usage from the qanat. 2- on April 25, 1820, Bala Bayg Yavar rents the crops and products of ‘Ali Akbar farm and water usage from its qanat from his wife, Khanumi Khanum for thirty years in exchange for an annual amount of twenty tumans.

Item Details

  • Date April or May 1820
  • Dimensions 35 x 22 and 22 x 16.5 cm
  • Collections Amir Hossein Nikpour
  • Repository Amir Hossein Nikpour Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 11 October 2016
  • Last Edited 7 December 2016
  • Record no. 14142A58
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