Ayrandibi

A collection of legal and financial documents from Ayrandibi village in Marand, including marriage contracts, divorce settlements, dowry registries, powers of attorney, testimonials, claims, sale and other settlements.

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This collection was made available to Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran by Abu al-Fazl Mahi, who has collected these documents from the local families of the Ayrandibi village in Marand.
Dates Late-18th to early-20th century
Date Acquired 2014
Last Edited 2 February 2016
Record Number 14145

Genres legal & financial sales & settlements marriage contracts correspondence powers of attorney writings birth and death records dowry registries testimony wills
Subjects power of attorney property and property management husband and wife inheritance mahr money children marriage quarreling siblings debts and loans agriculture gardens bedding carpets divorce household furnishings kitchenware qanats receipts prayer water and irrigation boxes (containers) copper fabrics tableware animals charity wills birth records clothing dowry grains architecture funerals and burials death remuneration testimony books usurpation temporary marriage crime villages custody of children households

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Ayrandibi

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