Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Sharaf Nisa’ Khanum and Imam Virdi Bayg, 1719

Marriage contract of Sharaf Nisa’ Khanum and Imam Virdi Bayg, 1719

Marriage contract of Sharaf Nisa’ Khanum, daughter of Mirza Baqir Durmini, and Imam Virdi Bayg, son of Haj Muhammad Hasan Durmini. The mahr is forty tumans. The groom additionally agreed to buy some goldware worth ten tumans for the bride whenever he could afford it. With his father’s consent, the groom transferred the ownership of one-sixth of his parents’ residential building to the bride as part of the mahr.

Item Details

  • Date April or May 1719
  • Dimensions 58 x 35 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. 15161A11
  •