Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892

‘Ali Akbar's will, 1892

Two copies of the will, one written on the letterhead of the Ministry of Justice. ‘Ali Akbar, the son of Haji Muhammad Ganjah, a Russian national, assigns his brothers, Mashhadi Haj Baba and Mashhadi Najaf, as the executors of his will. His inheritors are his children, Javad (age 14), Zayn al-‘Abidin (age 4), Khadijah (age 7), and Zahra (age 1), and his wife Shikar Khanum the daughter of Haji Allahyar Ganjah. Since their father’s death, the interest from part of the inheritance has been spent on charity on behalf of their father; ‘Ali Akbar wants this tradition to continue after his own death with the remaining two thousand minats (Russian currency). He has also given guidance on his funeral, charity, and Ta‘ziyah.