Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Sayyid Riza, 1888

Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum and Sayyid Riza, 1888

Marriage contract of Nazanin Baygum, daughter of Sayyid Muhammad, and Sayyid Riza, son of Sayyid Muhammad Salih. The mahr is two hundred sixty-two and one-half riyals. The bride settled with the groom, exchanging two-and-a-half riyals of the mahr for five misqals [unit of weight] of gold.

Item Details

  • Date 26 August 1888
  • Dimensions 85 x 42 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. 15161A75
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