Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum and Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, 1901
Marriage contract of Ummi Khanum, the daughter of Mir Muhammad Riza, and Akhund Mulla Muhammad ‘Ali, the son of Akhund Mulla Muhammad Isma‘il; the mahr includes: a Qur’an worth one tuman; fifteen tumans; one thousand dinars; five misqals [each misqal is 4.25 grams] of rose gold; carpets to cover a room, including two runners, felt, and a small carpet worth ten tumans; two and a half mans (shah) [each man (shah) is 6 kilograms] of copperware worth of six tumans and five thousand dinars; a set of qalamkar beddings from Isfahan worth of four tumans; one-sixth of a house in Shahrak neighborhood next to the bath, the storage, and the stable; and some properties including a garden and its water canals. Note: the groom’s father has given one-sixth of the house and parts of the garden to his son, who included them in the mahr.
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- Date 6 March 1901
- Dimensions 62 x 32.5 cm
- Collections The Qajar Museum of Tabriz
- Repository The Qajar Museum of Tabriz
- Restrictions No restrictions
- Accessed 26 January 2016
- Last Edited 11 March 2016
- Record no. 14150A30
