The Remarkable Mahr

No Muslim marriage is complete without a mahr: a mandatory expenditure (4:4 aside, it's not a "gift") that the husband owes to his wife, without which the entire nikah is void. I'm saying it here because you, dear reader, might not know it already: Andalusada (where the survival of Moorish Spain has left most of Europe much more exposed to Moorish interpretations of Islamic cultural norms) already does.

In fiction, of course, simply paying in cash isn't gonna cut it. A mahr is an opportunity for the author to say something important about the bride-to-be, and just like the chance for anyone opposed to speak now or forever hold their peace, it's too good to pass up. Any creative works that involve a mahr will, almost of necessity, involve a Remarkable Mahr.

A brief history of the Remarkable Mahr

Under the Five Families, Seville's mahrs took a turn for the outlandish. The economics of the Five Families system demanded it; an enormous mahr was needed to offset the enslaved in-laws, whose control (and political influence) was being passed to the husband's family.

After the discovery of the New World, things started getting really out of line...

This is a stub. It needs to be expanded upon in the worst kind of way, and will be once I find something more to say about it.