Marriage contract of Aqa Baygum and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1880
Marriage contract of Aqa Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Sayyid Husayn, and Karbalayi Muhammad, the son of Karbalayi Barat‘ali from Zaziran. The mahr is forty tumans. Aqa Baygum has settled twenty eight tumans of her mahr with Karbalayi Muhammad in exchange for the following: one-sixth of a house in Zaziran and a portion of land (total of 7 tumans); a colorful wedding dress (10 tumans); some copperware (2 tumans); a bedding set (2 tumans); a sheep and a goat (2 tumans); carpets and felt rugs (5 tumans); the remaining twelve tumans from the mahr remains the groom’s debt. In 1895 and 1896, Aqa Baygum has settled what was owed to her from her mahr with: Aqa Mirza Muhammad, who owed 11 tumans and five thousand dinars to Karbalayi Muhammad; Aqa Mirza Ya‘qub and Aqa Nuruz ‘Ali, the sons of Karbalayi Muhammad, over portions of land in Zaziran in exchange for 1 tuman and five thousand dinars.
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- Date 5 March 1880
- Dimensions 134 x 59 cm
- Collections ‘Ali Asghar Mirkhalaf
- Repository ‘Ali Asghar Mirkhalaf Collection
- Restrictions No restrictions
- Accessed 19 July 2016
- Last Edited 16 September 2016
- Record no. 15159A2
