Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Khavar and Haydar, 1919

Marriage contract of Khavar and Haydar, 1919

Marriage contract of Khavar, daughter of the late ‘Ali Akbar, and Karbalayi Haydar, son of the late Karbalayi ‘Ali Quli; the mahr is fifty tumans, some gold worth ten tumans, some copperware worth five tumans, a carpet worth five tumans, a male servant/slave worth five hundred tumans, one-sixth of a house in Faridun Bayg along with a piece of land adjacent to it, and one female slave, dated February 16, 1919. On December 18, 1925, Khavar settles her mahr with her husband for two thousand [dinars] and some sugar cubes as he has taken her several times for pilgrimage to the holy shrines in Iraq.

Item Details

  • Date 16 February 1919
  • Dimensions 33 x 21 cm
  • Collections Bita Ameri
  • Repository Bita Ameri Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions
  • Accessed 11 February 2019
  • Last Edited 23 April 2019
  • Record no. 17201A160
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