Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
The opaque nature of Iran’s ancient history in the Sassanid’s era makes it impossible to collect adequate and entirely correct information about women’s private rights at that time. Consequently, history and law scholars who have studied women’s civil rights in the Sassanid’s times expressed remarks...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Cogent Arts & Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1540962 |
| Summary: | The opaque nature of Iran’s ancient history in the Sassanid’s era makes it impossible to collect adequate and entirely correct information about women’s private rights at that time. Consequently, history and law scholars who have studied women’s civil rights in the Sassanid’s times expressed remarks, which didn’t match the truth. However, referring to the original documents, one can bring to light the status of the conjugal relations, divorce and inheritance rights of the women in ancient Iran during the Sassanid’s dynasty. |
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| ISSN: | 2331-1983 |