Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage agreement of Sadiqah and Sayyid Mahmud Mirshafiʻi, 1891

Marriage agreement of Sadiqah and Sayyid Mahmud Mirshafiʻi, 1891

Marriage agreement of Sadiqah, daughter of Mirza Aqa Mirshafiʻi from Khuzan, and Sayyid Mahmud Mirshafiʻi, son of Mirza ʻAbd Al-Rahim from Khuzan. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred dinars, one-sixth of a house located in the Shamsabad neighborhood of Khuzan, one half-acre of land in Shamsabad, fifty tumans to buy a property, and thirty tumans to buy gold and earrings. Additionally, twenty tumans will be paid for the wedding expenses, rugs, and clothes. Later, one-twelfth of the house included in the mahr was changed to two-fifteenths of shares in ʻAli Rajabʻali’s house, and the payment of fifty tumans to buy a property was canceled.

Item Details

  • Date 31 January 1891
  • Dimensions 21 x 16.5 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 28 September 2017
  • Record no. 15161A85
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