Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1910

Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Aqa Muhammad Riza, 1910

Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum, the daughter of Aqa Karbalayi ‘Ali and Aqa Muhammad Riza, the son of Aqa Mashhadi Asad Allah. The mahr is twenty six tumans and two thousand and five hundred dinars, a Qur‘an (one tuman value), seven misqals of gold (twenty one tumans value), and a portion of land, which was settled to the groom by Khavar Sultan, the daughter of Aqa Mashhadi Muhammad Javad, in exchange for some wheat and one hundred dinars. Aside from the piece of land, the mahr totals forty eight tumans and two and a half qirans [two thousand and five hundred dinars], which remains the groom’s debt. Additional note: the groom has also settled three pieces of clothing for the wedding to the bride. A piece of paper accompanies the marriage contract booklet, which also describes the details above.

Item Details

  • Date 5 August 1910
  • Dimensions 25 x 13 cm
  • Collections ‘Ali Asghar Mirkhalaf
  • Repository ‘Ali Asghar Mirkhalaf Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 19 July 2016
  • Last Edited 16 September 2016
  • Record no. 15159A5
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