Manuscripts: Endowments (legal property)

MAHS-MDV-COL-005-O-0005

This two-page document was found at site GNI-MAD-5 and establishes the Karayye property as a waqf for the performance of prayers for the Prophet to be held annually during the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal. The document was composed by Ibrahīm Famuladeyri Kilegefanu b. Sulṭān Qiyās al-Dīn. The original grant on the first page dates to Dhū’l-Hijja 1224H (Jan/Feb 1810), whereas the second page specifies the agreement to/acceptance of this endowment by the author’s wife, Validhadu Amina Manikufanu. The second page is endorsed with the seal of al-Qāḍi Ibrahīm Sirāj al-Dīn, and ends noting that this amendment was written during Dhū’l-Hijjah 1245H (May/June 1830 CE).