Endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0088) from Kihaadhoo island in Baa Atoll

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maldives_MF_MZ_06
Author: R. Michael Feener; Multia Zahara
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Kihaadhoo, Kaafu 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-0088/#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-573%2C1052%2C5685%2C2455
Language: Arabic; Dhivehi
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Indeterminate
Type of text: Legal/administrative texts
Nature of the Text: Other
Color of the Script: black; red
Remarks (General Identification): Includes an octagonal seal stamp bearing the name of the sultan in Arabic script.
Type of Object: manuscript\single-sheet
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Shape (Epigraphy): octagonal
Size (of the object): 345 x 30 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 27 lines
Technique: written
Ink: black ink (composition unknown); red ink
Remarks (Support): Single-sheet, B. Kihaadhoo

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wide rounded tail; wāw - crescent tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke; straight diagonal to left
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: Short bowl on baseline; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening horizontal
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: short backward horizontal stroke

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

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

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah); final simple downward stroke (makhṭufah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

Image ID Entry: Maldives_MF_MZ_06a
Description: Endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0088) from Kihaadhoo island in Baa Atoll
Photographer: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
Copyrights Holder: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
License: CC-BY-NC-ND
Access Rights: Public