Manuscripts: Endowments (legal property)

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0104

Deed for residential land issued for Haazinu Muḥammad Hadheygiri, Muḥammad Maabandeyri, Mookoshaaru, Ethere Banndahalu Bandeyri ‘Alī Meynaa, Beyru Banndahalu Bandeyri ‘Alī Saifullah, Thoddu Ibrahīm and Muḥammad Ranfadi Ai. It was prepared in response to an attempt by Sultan Ḥasan Nūr al-Dīn to privatize a plot of state-owned residential land (Bandaara Goathi) in Galolhu Jahaahagu where the children of Aisha Ibrahīm and Aisha Fathimaa live. It stipulates that interviews and investigations revealed that the land belonged to the claimants and the residential land should thus be endowed to the descendants.