Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum and Mahdi Quli Khan, 1819

Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum and Mahdi Quli Khan, 1819

Marriage contract of Malik Sultan Khanum (Shirin Jan Khanum), daughter of Fath‘ali Shah, and Mahdi Quli Khan, son of Husayn Khan Sardar Qazvini. The sidaq (mahr) is 1500 tumans in cash, gold, silver, jewelry, several properties, three male slaves, and three female slaves.

Item Details

  • Date 28 March 1819
  • Notes

    For more information regarding this document, look at Bahman Bayani’s article published in Payam-i Baharistan, issue #4, pp. 768-777.

  • Dimensions 162 x 55 cm.
  • Collections Bahman Bayani
  • Repository Bahman Bayani Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions.
  • Accessed 6 September 2012
  • Last Edited 23 July 2021
  • Record no. 31a007
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