Marriage of Qajar Children

  This book seeks to answer such questions as what do available texts such as travelogues tell us about the status and age of marriage; What is the actual situation of marriage age in Iran? Has "child marriage" been a long-standing feature in Iranian history and society? Has child marriage been a part of Iran's social-cultural history? Has child marriage always been emphasized and mandated as a cultural characteristic or has it been observed as a "performance" in people's behavior? Was Iran really a society in which child marriage was considered a common and general matter or is this just a fabrication of the minds of those who, citing some objective and experimental cases, has ruled that child marriage is common in Iran? What were the underlying causes and consequences of child marriage?