Reading and Content Analysis of Two Exquisite Marriage Contracts from Northern Khorasan in the Qajar Period

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Humanities, Department of History, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran

2 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd Branch, Bojnourd, Iran

Abstract
In the study of historical documents of Iran, the subject of marriage contracts has a special place. The two contracts that have been studied in this article are of the single-page type and belong to urban areas in northern Khorasan and were historically compiled during the Qajar period and during the years 1208 and 1233 AH. In this study, first the text of the contracts has been carefully reread, then the composition and structure of each specific document and various economic, legal, cultural, etc. information contained in these contracts have been extracted, classified and presented in the form of several tables.
Objective: This article examines the form and content of these two contracts, which are personal and unique, in order to extract the valuable points contained in these documents and provide them to researchers.
Research method: The research method in this article is descriptive. In this way, first, obtaining marriage documents and copying the contracts is considered. Then, the subject under discussion is described and finally, the different dimensions and angles of the marriage contracts are explained. The method of collecting information was library and documentary.
Research findings: Comparative comparison of these two marriage contracts and attention to the political and economic role of the tribes and elements of Turks and Kurds in northern Khorasan in the early Qajar period can be effective in understanding the history of the local government of northern Khorasan in the Qajar period. The study of these two documents shows that; inter-tribal marriage with political goals was one of the methods that led to peaceful coexistence between the resident Turks and the immigrant Kurds in northern Khorasan and played a prominent role in the formation of the local government of the Shadlu tribe in Bojnourd.

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