Manuscripts: Endowments (legal property)
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0125
Waqf document by Sultan Ibrāhīm Iskandar on behalf of his mother Kanba Aisakilegi, daughter of Maafilaafushi Hatheebu 'Umaru (Kimaru) and Sithi Bodukamanaa, daughter of Maafilaafushi Muḥammad Faashaakilege. The document notes that the tomb of the royal mother in ziyaaraiyy at Hukuru Miskiyy was built by Sultan Ibrāhīm Iskandar. It also details the observance of a month long Kiyevun (maakeun feast), and the appointment of five people responsible for the festivities, including a muezzin. Sultan Iskandar also endowed 100 coconut palms from the islands in Kaafu atoll: Hinmmafushi Island, Dhoorihaafushi Island (where Kanbaa Aisa was born), and Fulhaurihaafushi Island to maintain the ziyaaraiyy’s palm-leaf roofing. It is said that on the Kanbaa Aisa Ziyaaraiyy at Hukuru Miskiy is an inscription proclaiming that surah Ya Sin of the Qur'ān should be recited in dedication to the memory of the deceased queen and her descendants as well as for Vazir Ḥasan Faashanaakilege. A feast should also be prepared, and the first chapter of the Qur'aan (al-Fatiha) be recited annually on the day of Hobafasdhaa. It is noted that this document is a transcription from Dhives Akuru into Thaana script by Ḥusayn Fahumy Dīdī, with his signature.