Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Petition from Maryam Sultan to Friday prayer-leader

Petition from Maryam Sultan to Friday prayer-leader

Petition of Maryam Sultan, wife of Mirza Muhammad Riza, to Hujjat al-Islam, the Friday prayer-leader. In it, she states that Mirza Muhammad Riza has triple-divorced her and gone to Fasa for seven months while owing her a two-hundred tuman debt and her mahr.

Item Details

  • Date late 19th/early 20th century
  • Collections Jamal Radfar
  • Repository Jamal Radfar Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 19 June 2018
  • Last Edited 4 March 2019
  • Record no. 16179A7
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