Mosque endowment document, Rashu Miskiyy, Maldivian (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0206)

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maldives_MF_MZ_03
Author: R. Michael Feener; Multia Zahara
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Rashu Miskiyy, Holhudhoo, Noonu Atoll, Maldives
Present Location: Preserved in the National Archive of Maldives on Male, Kaafu Atoll, Maldives
Website Link: https://maritimeasiaheritage.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/manuscripts/mahs-mdv-col-003-o-0206/#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-3763%2C-205%2C9463%2C4087
Language: Arabic; Dhivehi
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Endowments (legal property)
Type of text: Legal/administrative texts
Nature of the Text: Other
Color of the Script: black; red
Remarks (General Identification): A mosque endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0206) dated to the eighth year of the reign of Sultan Mu'in al-Din Iskandar (Rabi’ al-Akhir 1221H. / July 1806)
Type of Object: manuscript\single-sheet
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Shape (Epigraphy): circular
Size (of the object): 251 x 198 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 37 lines
Technique: written
Ink: black ink (composition unknown)
Remarks (Support): Single-sheet, 1806

See the lexicon

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - medial with middle loop; lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; shaft inclined to right

wāw descenders: wāw - rounded tail; wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: straight diagonal to left; convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl; Short bowl on baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; hanging curvilinear line
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

Image ID Entry: Maldives_MF_MZ_03a
Description: Mosque endowment document, Rashu Miskiyy, Maldivian (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0206)
Photographer: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
Copyrights Holder: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
License: CC-BY-NC-ND
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