Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Fatimah and Ghulamriza, 1902

Marriage contract of Fatimah and Ghulamriza, 1902

Marriage contract of Fatimah, known as Khanum Jan, the daughter of Husayn ‘Ali Akbar Paykani, and Ghulamriza, the son of ‘Ali ‘Abdul; the mahr includes: twelve tumans, three mans of copperware, two mans of Arabian kilim, a set of Isfahani chintz bedding, two sets of women’s outfits, one made of silk and the other of Isfahani chintz, and the price of a building originally valued at two tumans, and the price of a building originally valued at two tumans, but which both parties agreed was worth three tumans of the original mahr and twenty-five Tasujs [unit of weight] of wheat.

Item Details

  • Date 27 December 1902
  • Dimensions 44 x 35.5 cm
  • Collections Nadir Quli Nadiri Rarani
  • Repository Nadir Quli Nadiri Rarani Collection (11/59)
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 1 September 2016
  • Last Edited 16 September 2016
  • Record no. 15163A4
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