Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, 1916
Marriage contract of Bibi Khanum, daughter of Nazar ‘Ali (son of Haj Muhammad Husayn), and ‘Abbas ‘Ali, son of Muhammad Isma‘il (son of Muhammad Rahim [illegible]). The mahr is one hundred and seventy-six tumans and two thousand dinars. The groom gave sixty tumans of the mahr to the bride for buying a pair of gold earrings, some women’s clothes, and some housewares including copperware, dishes, bathing towels, bedding, and [illegible]. The groom gave an additional ninety tumans of the mahr to the bride to buy a house anywhere that is considered appropriate. The rest of the mahr remains the groom’s debt. One-sixth of Khanah Buzurg [the Large House] and one-sixth of another house, known as Khanah Kuchak [the Small House], were also given to the bride. The groom and his mother, Mah Sultan, settled over parts of Khanah Buzurg in exchange for one hundred dinars and forty misqals [unit of weight] of wheat.
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- Date 27 March 1916
- Dimensions 63 x 32 cm
- Collections Meisam Ahmadi Kafshani
- Repository Meisam Ahmadi Kafshani Collection
- Restrictions Any non-academic and commercial use needs the permission from the owner of the collection.
- Accessed 30 August 2017
- Last Edited 21 September 2017
- Record no. 15161A10
