Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Sakinah Baygum and Mulla Husayn ʻAli, 1843

Marriage contract of Sakinah Baygum and Mulla Husayn ʻAli, 1843

Marriage contract of Sakinah Baygum, daughter of Mirza Ghiyas al-Din, and Mulla Husayn ʻAli, son of Muhammad ʻAli Yazdi. The mahr includes half of a house inside [illegible], a garden in ʻIzzabad, two acres of land in the same village, four mans [unit of weight] of copper worth ten tumans, a pair of rugs worth ten tumans, ten tumans for clothes, a chest worth fifteen thousand dinars, a chador, a set of bathing gowns, an inlaid mirror, and gold-made jewelry worth three tumans and five thousand dinars.

Item Details

  • Date 22 July 1843
  • Dimensions 24.5 x 21.5 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. 15161A132
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