Mosque endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0158) from Dharavandhoo island in Baa Atoll.

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maldives_MF_MZ_07
Author: R. Michael Feener; Multia Zahara
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1207 H.; 1793
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Dharavandhoo, Baa 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-0158/#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-3732%2C0%2C9426%2C3377
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-0158) dated to the fifteenth year of the reign of Sultan Hassan Nur al-Din (1207 H. / 1793)
Type of Object: manuscript\single-sheet
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Shape (Epigraphy): octagonal
Size (of the object): 355 x 46 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 35 lines
Technique: written
Ink: black ink (composition unknown); red ink
Remarks (Support): Single-sheet, B. Dharavandhoo

See the lexicon

sīn shīn denticles: short rounded denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); final simple downward stroke (makhṭufah); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head; rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

Image ID Entry: Maldives_MF_MZ_07a
Description: Mosque endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0158) from Dharavandhoo island in Baa Atoll.
Photographer: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
Copyrights Holder: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
License: CC-BY-NC-ND
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