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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Main Author: Mahmoud Emami Namin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1540962
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description 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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Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
Cogent Arts & Humanities
wife lending
padisha-zan (king-wife)
chagar-zan (servant wife)
khevedhvaghdas
polygamy
title Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
title_full Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
title_fullStr Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
title_full_unstemmed Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
title_short Legal status of women in the Sassanid’s Era (224–651 AD)
title_sort legal status of women in the sassanid s era 224 651 ad
topic wife lending
padisha-zan (king-wife)
chagar-zan (servant wife)
khevedhvaghdas
polygamy
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2018.1540962
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