Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi and Muhammad, 1940

Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi and Muhammad, 1940

Marriage agreement of Sakinah Aqayi, daughter of Karim son of Lutfʻali from Khuzan, and Muhammad, son of ʻAbbas ʻAli resident of Huristan village. The mahr is twenty-six tumans, a share of a house in Huristan, forty tumans to buy land for the bride, ten tumans to buy gold and earrings, and one-and-a-half mans of copperware. Additionally, six tumans will be paid for [wedding] expenses, the bridal gift, a set of proper women’s clothes, and one-and-a-half mans [unit of weight] of cotton wool for bedding.

Item Details

  • Date 14 May 1940
  • Dimensions 20 x 16.5 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. 15161A102
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