Naofumi Abe. Najafqoli Khān Donboli’s Lineage in 18-19th Centuries Tabriz from the Viewpoint of the Property and the Inheritance

Abstract

Although most scholars have argued for a remarkable continuity in elite families in premodern Iranian society, few have attempted to show how these families successfully transferred property to their descendants despite the equal-inheritance principle enshrined in Islamic law. Light is shed on this through the case of a patrician family in Azerbaijan, Najafqoli Khān Donboli and his descendants, who settled in Tabriz in the late 18th century where they were influential till the 20th century. A...