daughters when they re still young girls how many that what exactly each daughter receives depends on the family s financial means a lot it was what s important is that the number of items must always be divisible by two that. just as the bridal couple consists of two people so there must be two of everything i m someone to this tradition applies not only to us but to all turkmen. grassmere told him and i thought one quote on im clone whether rich or poor or a qur an is always part of the dowry turkmen are muslims part unlike the majority of iranians they don t follow the shiite but the sunni branch of faith. have been. several days before the wedding they come and fetch my dowry and take it to my new home so that everything s in place after our wedding. all that i