Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Badr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Mirza Abu al-Qasim al-Husayni, 1831

Marriage contract of Badr al-Nisa’ Baygum and Mirza Abu al-Qasim al-Husayni, 1831

Marriage contract of Badr al-Nisa’ Baygum, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad al-Husayni, and Mirza Abu al-Qasim al-Husayni, the son of Mirza Muhammad Kazim al-Husayni; the mahr is one hundred tumans, including a property in Nayshabur (10 tumans), carpet (7.5 tumans), beddings (5 tumans), seven misqals [unit of weight] of red gold (3.5), 10 mans [unit of weight] of copperware (5 tumans), and a female Abyssinian slave (9 tumans).

Item Details

  • Date 14 September 1831
  • Dimensions 42 x 30 cm
  • Collections Turan Bihnam
  • Repository Turan Bihnam Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 25 May 2016
  • Last Edited 16 September 2016
  • Record no. 15153A3
  •