Manuscripts: Endowments (legal property)

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0106

Waqf document written by Vuzaarathul Augaafuinn (Ministry of Waqf Administration) during the reign of Sultan Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn for Maalhosmaduu Dhekunuburi Kamoodhoo Miskiyy. It was issued to restore the provisions of an older document written by ‘Alī Yūsuf, the son of Malé Yūsuf. That stipulated that half of the Bandaara of Faalahbain is to be endowed, and that the people of Kamoodoo Island were to be made its custodians. The document also includes the sultan’s seal.