HELD IN TRUST BOOK:Section 6
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6.18 MARRIAGE CONTRACT BETWEEN ISMAT MEHSEPAN AND MIRZA ABDUL HUSSAN KHAN Vellum, pigments and gold leaf, 299 x 378mm 1873 6000 tomans to be paid by the bride’s father to the husband. The last two pages consist of twenty-four blank decorative medallions in which would be inscribed the names and dates of birth of the couple’s children.
The first two-and-a-half pages of this Persian legal document quote extracts from the Koran. The marriage contract itself authorises the Imam to join together the bride and groom in marriage and itemises a dowry of
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