Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’ and Ahmad, 1889

Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’ and Ahmad, 1889

Marriage contract of Umm Nisa’, the daughter of Karbalayi Aqa, and Ahmad, the son of Asad. The mahr is twenty one tumans, of which six and a half tumans and a pair of gold earrings, worth twenty five thousand dinars [two and a half tumans], have been paid and the outstanding twelve tumans and a half remains on the groom’s charge.

Item Details

  • Date 25 November 1889
  • Dimensions 35.5 x 22 cm
  • Collections Tabriz Document Center and Library
  • Repository Tabriz Document Center and Library
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 29 September 2015
  • Last Edited 7 January 2016
  • Record no. 14151A21
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