Manuscripts: Decrees

Royal decree on the building of a boat (Furedhdhi Odi)

Royal decree on the protection of Ha'oddey Dhamana Kanbulo

Royal decree on the custodianship of Anhenfushi Island by the peoplf of Hithadhoo, emphasizing that the people of Kinolhas may not land on or use the ...

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0017

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0038

Dhives Akuru text including the name Sulṭān Muḥammad Imād al-Dīn. The verso has the word Hanyaameedhoo written in Dhives Akuru script. This ...

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0112

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0113

Transcription from Dhives Akuru into Thaana script of stating ownership of the deserted island

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0117

Royal decree on the ownership of two islands

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0120

Statement of the wages and assets for the person appointed as a fiqh scholar at Malé Hukuru Miskiyy

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0140

Royal decree regarding the construction of shipyard on Foakaidhoo Island

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0141

Waqf document of assests allocated to Ke'ndhikolhu Hukuru Miskiyy

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0194

Royal decree stating the distribution of assets to Miladhoo Miskiyy to settle a dispute between the people of the two islands

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0213

Declaration of a change of ownership of residential land

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0492

Copy of royal decree stating that a dozen fish should be submitted as a tax from each ship of Dhiffushi Island

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0788

A royal decree written in thaana-script stating that Dhaalu Mathimurakaali reef is open for fishing and other uses to the people of Dhaalu Ba'ndidhoo

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0789

A royal decree demanding the return of any land or assets endowed to Malé Hukuru Miskiyy

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0805

Royal decree protecting the assets of Ḥasan's family

MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0008

Inventory of goods owed to Sultan Shams al-Dīn by the people of Dhiddho, including coir rope, sail canvas, smithing materials, cowrie shells, fish, ...

MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0012

Fragments of a royal letter bearing the sultan's seal. Mention of a coconut grove. Paper very brittle and damaged by corrosive ink. Only small fragmen...

MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0024

Royal decree from the 25th year of the Sultan's reign, with his seal in purple ink at the top right corner. It confirms the privileges and pensions pr...

MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0025

Ealry Printed circular, signed and stamped with a seal in purple ink at the top right corner of a Royal Decree issued in response to 'disasters' (mus�...

MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0026

Early printed circular, signed and stamped with a seal in purple ink at the top right corner of a Royal Decree issued to establish duties on fish, she...

MAHS-MDV-COL-010-O-0004

A royal decree by Sulṭān Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn (II) Iskandar Sulṭān Muḥammad Mu’in al-Dīn signed and stamped with a seal in purple ink at...

MAHS-MDV-COL-010-O-0006

An early printed circular, stamped with a seal in purple ink at the top right corner. The text is a royal decree issued by Sulṭān Ibrahīm Nūr ...

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MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0024

Royal decree from the 25th year of the Sultan's reign, with his seal in purple ink at the top right corner. It confirms the privileges and pensions previously granted by former sultans to the particular categories of persons on this island including the sons of the local nobility, as well the blind, mute, and disabled. It is stored rolled into a bamboo tube (HAF-DID-4-SO1) together with HAF-DID-4-MS19 and MS20.

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