Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum Afshar and Husaynquli Khan Afshar, 1855

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum Afshar and Husaynquli Khan Afshar, 1855

Marriage contract of Munavvar Khanum, the daughter of Khanlar Khan Afshar, and Husaynquli Khan, the son of Haj ‘Abd al-Rahim Khan Afshar; the mahr is three-sixth of the village of Rahim Abad in Khurrud of Qazvin, four hundred and fifty tumans, one hundred misqals [unit of weight] of gold, two hundred misqals of silver, and two Abyssinian slaves, one male and one female, each valued at 25 tumans.

Item Details

  • Date 1 June 1855
  • Dimensions 65 x 41 cm
  • Collections Turan Bihnam
  • Repository Turan Bihnam Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 3 August 2016
  • Last Edited 16 September 2016
  • Record no. 15153A7
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