Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843

Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum and Muhammad Karim, 1842 or 1843

Marriage contract of Jan Jan Khanum, daughter of Aqa Muhammad from Karvan village, and Muhammad Karim, son of Muhammad ‘Ali Tihrani Karvan. The mahr is three hundred tumans. The groom settled the following items in exchange for two hundred and sixty tumans of the mahr: a portion of land and part of a garden/orchard in Hurmanan village, part of a garden/orchard in Divun Farm, some qanats and part of a residential house in Hurmanan village, and a house, along with its stable and garden. The groom also promised if the marriage lasted and the bride obeyed him, he would buy the following items for the bride without considering them as a part of the mahr whenever he had the financial ability to do so: two sets of women’s tirmah clothing, two sets of European chintz and qalamkar bedding, ten mans [unit of weight] of copperware, a female Abyssinian slave, one hundred misqals [unit of weight] of silver, and fifty misqals of rose gold.

Item Details

  • Date 1842 or 1843
  • Dimensions 102 x 55 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 27 September 2017
  • Record no. 15161A8
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