Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad Karkhayran, 1937

Marriage agreement of Fatimah and Ahmad Karkhayran, 1937

Marriage agreement of Fatimah, daughter of Mashhadi Karim son of ʻAli from Khuzan, and Ahmad Karkhayran from Khuzan, son of Ramazan ʻAli. The mahr includes twenty-six tumans and two thousand five hundred tumans, a share of a house in Shamsabad, Khuzan, fifty tumans to buy land for the bride, and ten tumans for gold and earrings. Additionally, ten tumans will be paid for wedding expenses, the bridal gift, and two sets of proper women’s clothes.

Item Details

  • Date 11 March 1937
  • Dimensions 21 x 17.5 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 21 September 2017
  • Record no. 15161A88
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