Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha and Mustafa, 1906

Marriage contract of Baygum Agha, daughter of Muhammad Quli Khan, a resident of Zifrah Linjan, and Mustafa, son of Haj ‘Ali Akbar, a resident of Darichah. The mahr is one hundred tumans. The groom additionally settled with the bride, exchanging a Qurʼan, four sets of women cloths, a pair of rugs suitable for the living room, two sets of Isfahan qalamkar beddings, ten misqals [unit of weight] of gold, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, one-third of the house belonging to the groom’s father, and some land for one hundred dinars and one charik [unit of weight] of wheat. Ninety tumans of the mahr remains the groom’s debt.

Item Details

  • Date 18 February 1906
  • Dimensions 26 x 18 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. 15161A30
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