Law Relationship between Women and Men within Family Institute in Qajar Era

Islam religious law (sharia) has defined duties and rights concerning the judicial relationships between women and men within the family institution. In view of that, the first judicial relationship between these two elements is established via marriage. In case the aforementioned social relationship is discontinued, as a result of marriage break, another type of judicial relationship will be established; which has its own components. In this paper, through reference to some documents and other parallel resources, we aim to investigate the judicial rules, regulations, and challenges in women and men relationship within the family during the Qajar era. We then analyze such relations with regard to two domains of financial rights (such as dowry, alimony, and the like) and non-financial rights (such child custody and the like). The findings of this research would shed light on the trend of family's juridical laws in the Qajar era, and help to clarify some aspects of civil and juridical history in that era.