ABSTRACT
Travelers to Shiraz until the 1950s were agreed as to the widespread poverty within its Jewish community. A lifetime of labor would result in a minimal accumulation of property. A wine maker who died in about 1890 is reported to have left the following inheritance:
One tray, four copper pots, four plates, eight goblets, one ladle, six table spoons, one wash basin and pedestal, one strainer, one half-sized tray, one Kermani goblet, 750 small jars or casks, 300 flat bottles, 150 bottles, one silk scarf, women’s veils, a linen dress or robe, one winter coat, three pair of pants, one large wrap, seven toman “key money”, three and one-half toman cash and one misqal 1 gold flakes.
( Melamed, 1951:367)