Khatibi

A large collection of marriage contracts, dowry registries, wills, sale and rent settlements, and other documents and writings. The oldest document in this collection is a property settlement dated 1799.

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Dates 1799-1927
Last Edited 21 May 2013
Record Number 1256

Genres photographs legal & financial birth and death records marriage contracts dowry registries wills sales & settlements leases writings correspondence
Subjects children clothing group portraits hats shoes birth records bedding gold mahr money silver marriage carpets household furnishings jewels and jewelry lamps Qur’an baths and bath accessories mirrors gardens veils boxes (containers) dowry hookahs religious objects tablecloths tableware fabrics kitchenware copper cosmetics glassware tirmah hair ornaments and styles caravansaries inheritance property and property management siblings testimony endowments fasts food funerals and burials housing prayer debts and loans Hajj mourning animals receipts rent grains wills agriculture custody of children orphans death bread and bakeries fruit rawzah rites and ceremonies spices tobacco ʻAshura tombs and cemeteries letter writing motherhood travel bazaars villages mediation drugs medicine invitations weddings

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Khatibi

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