Mosque endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0045) from Dhiggaru island in Meemu Atoll.

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maldives_MF_MZ_09
Author: R. Michael Feener; Multia Zahara
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1179 H.; 1765
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Dhiggaru, Meemu 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-0045/#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&xywh=-5029%2C-1%2C12893%2C4620
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): Endowment administration letter (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0045) on the appointment of a mosque functionary for the Elhuvvi Miskiyy on the island of Dhiggaru in Meemu atoll during the 5th year of the reign of Sultan al-Qadi Hassan Izz al-Din (1178 H. / 1765). The document includes partial impressions of four seal stamps
Type of Object: manuscript\single-sheet
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Shape (Epigraphy): octagonal
Size (of the object): 73.7 x 42.3 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 50 lines
Technique: written
Ink: black ink (composition unknown); red ink
Remarks (Support): Single-sheet, Elhuvvi Miskiyy, 1765

See the lexicon

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

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded; final one-eyed (mardufah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: circular head

Image ID Entry: Maldives_MF_MZ_09a
Description: Mosque endowment document (MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0045) from Dhiggaru island in Meemu Atoll.
Photographer: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
Copyrights Holder: Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS)
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