Manuscripts: Endowments (legal property)
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0108
Transcription of four decrees: 1. A loamafaanu (copper plate royal decree) on the vow made by Sulṭān Ḥasan 'Izz al-Dīn (Dhon Banddaarain) at Malé Medhu Miskiiy, proclaiming that if the Maldives were saved by from the hands of the 'Kuffar' (lit. 'Unbelievers', here in reference to Malabaris) that he would give 300 riyaal for the annual pilgrimage and he would also build a mosque in Huraa and endow an annual recitation and celebration of Mawlid there; 2: A loamafaanu (copper plate royal decree) ordering the construction Huraa Miskiiy, it’s endowment and the appointment of the mosque's custodians would be made in fulfillment of a vow made by Sulṭān Ḥasan 'Izz al-Dīn (Dhon Banddaarain); 3: A loamafaanu (copper plate royal decree) endowing the sandbar on one side of Huraa (Kuda Huraa) together with the islands of Vahboahuraa, Kanuoihuraa and Huraa’s Faalahba to the Huraa Miskiiy and entrusting the people of Huraa as its custodians. These three decrees were found on 18 October 1915 in the course of dismantling the former Huraa Miskiiy. 4: A copy of a loamafaanu (copper plate royal decree) that states Sulṭān Ḥasan 'Izz al-Dīn (Dhon Banddaarain) completed the construction of Huraa Miskiiy and proclaimed its tax exempt status (vaarukodi). The document also stipulates that civil servants are not allowed to set foot on the island and that two people from Huraa should be appointed to perform monthly maintenances on the mosque.