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Obj. ID: 45798
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts  Ketubah, Tehran (Teheran), 1889

© Gross Family Collection, Photographer: Unknown, -

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

 

UNUSUAL FORM FOR TEHERAN.  IN SPITE OF THE SIGNATURES OF JEWISH WITNESSES, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS NOT A JEWISH MARRIAGE CONTRACT, AS, IN GENERAL, KETUBOT IN PERSIAN LANGUAGE WERE USED IN MESHED.  THE NAMES OF THE BRIDAL COUPLE DO NOT SEEM TO BE JEWISH AND THERE IS NOT THE PHRASE "NEWLY CONVERTED TO ISLAM" AS THERE USUALLY IS IN THIS TYPE OF CONTRACT. THIS WEDDING TOOK PLACE ON (

Bride:                                SULTAN CHANUM BAT RERAVLAI KATM

Groom:                             CHABIB ALLAH BEN HAJI RUCHALLAH

 

For more information see: https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/itempage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS&docId=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990003012710205171&scope=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS&SearchTxt=035.011.034

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1889
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Height: 80 cm, Width: 55 cm
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Sources

Sabar, Shalom, “The Illustrated Ketubbah in Iran,” in Haim Saadoun, ed., Jewish Communities in the East in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Iran (Jerusalem: Ministry of Education and Ben-Zvi Institute, 2006), 187-194 (Hebrew), https://www.academia.edu/37491283/Shalom_Sabar_The_Illustrated_Ketubbah_in_Iran_in_Haim_Saadoun_ed_Jewish_Communities_in_the_East_in_the_Nineteenth_and_Twentieth_Century_Iran_Jerusalem_Ministry_of_Education_and_Ben_Zvi_Institute_2006_187_194_Hebrew_ (accessed June 11, 2023)
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