Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage agreement of Sakinah Khani and Fath Allah Khani, 1889

Marriage agreement of Sakinah Khani and Fath Allah Khani, 1889

Marriage agreement of Sakinah Khani from Khuzan, daughter of ʻAbbas son of ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, and Fath Allah Khani from Khuzan, son of the late Muhammad Riza. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-twelfth of a house located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, some land, and fifteen tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, fifteen tumans will be paid for the bridal gift and two sets of proper women’s clothes.

Item Details

  • Date 4 December 1889
  • Dimensions 21 x 16 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. 15161A83
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