Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Rubabah and Mashhadi ‘Abbas, 1929

Marriage contract of Rubabah and Mashhadi ‘Abbas, 1929

Marriage contract of Rubabah, daughter of Haj Haydar ‘Ali Naddaf [cotton maker], and Mashhadi ‘Abbas Pizurbaf known as ‘Abbas ‘Ali Pizurbaf, son of the late Muhammad Ja‘far Pizurbaf. The mahr includes a Qurʼan worth five tumans, twenty-six tumans and two thousand ten shahis cash, fifteen misqals [unit of weight] of gold, one-twelfth of the groom’s house, and some shares of water.

Item Details

  • Date 15 August 1929
  • 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. 15161A51
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