Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum and Qadam‘ali, 1927

Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum and Qadam‘ali, 1927

Marriage contract of Ma‘sumah Khanum, the daughter of Aqa Muhammad ‘Ali, and Qadam‘ali, the son of Aqa ‘Ali. The mahr is eighty nine tumans. The groom settled the following, which his father had settled to him earlier, to the bride: one-sixth of a house, some shares of water (worth 20 tumans), a set of bedding (10 tumans), rugs (15 tumans), copperwares (5 tumans), and a cow (five tumans). These amount to seventy seven tumans from the mahr in total, and the remaining twelve tumans remains the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 27 February 1927
  • Dimensions 62 x 32.5 cm
  • Collections ‘Ali Asghar Mirkhalaf
  • Repository ‘Ali Asghar Mirkhalaf Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 19 July 2016
  • Last Edited 16 September 2016
  • Record no. 15159A7
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