Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Settlement of Baygum Jan and Baygum with Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, 1852

Settlement of Baygum Jan and Baygum with Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, 1852

Settlement between Baygum Jan, wife of Sayyid Javad, and Baygum, wife of Sayyid ‘Ali and daughter of Haj ‘Abd al-Vahhab, and Sayyid Abu al-Qasim, son of Mir Zayn al-‘Abidin Fazuh-ji of Isfahan, exchanging a garden known as Rasti Garden located in the Jurtan Marbin village of Isfahan, twenty-five tumans for the price of the house of Sayyid ‘Ali’s wife, and forty-five tumans from another settlement between Sayyid Javad and his wife for two thousand rupees and one hundred units of wheat. The garden was Haj ‘Abd al-Vahhab’s and had been transferred to his son and his daughter after his death. After his son’s death, his daughter, Baygum, the wife of Sayyid ‘Ali, came to own the whole garden. Baygum transferred the ownership of the garden to Baygum Jan through a settlement.

Item Details

  • Date 20 December 1852
  • Dimensions 44 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. 15161A33
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