Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan and Muhammad Karim, 1885

Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan and Muhammad Karim, 1885

Marriage contract of Khanum Sultan, daughter of Haydar ‘Ali (son of Muhammad ‘Ali), and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad Isma‘il [illegible]. The mahr includes: twelve tumans and three thousand three hundred fifty dinars, part of a property in [illegible] region of the Zaj Abad neighborhood, thirty tumans to buy property, fifteen tumans for women’s clothes, ten tumans for a set of rugs, four tumans for a set of bedding, five tumans for a pair of earrings, three tumans as a bridal gift, and two mans [unit of weight] of copperware. The groom and his father settled on all of the items listed above, except twelve tumans and three thousand three hundred fifty dinars, exchanging them for one hundred dinars and one quarter of wheat. The rest remains the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 26 September 1885
  • Dimensions 63 x 34 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. 15161A13
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