Manuscripts: Legal documents
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0101
Court order on a disupte over the land of Umaru Meyna Thakurufaanu Vagufu Goathi. The land was inherited equally by his two half-siblings, Buchaa Muhammadfulhu and Dhonalifulhu, as well as by his wife Fihaara Dhokkoge Khadijafulhu and Meynaa Adamkileyfaanu. The family of Meynaa Adamkileyfaanu's half-brother leased a part of inherited land to Khadijafulhu for 256 rufiyaa. Khadijafulhu claimed that the family would not be able to regain ownership of the land until they repaid what was owed. In the course of drafting this new document, it was found out that there were inaccuracies with the measurements of the land, which was then checked against an earlier document prepared by Al-Ghāzī Muahmmad Muhhibbuddeen in 1759. That older document reportedly stated that 'Umaru Bandeyri had the right to inherit the land. The court was thus requested to certify the measurements, and to recognize another document, written in 1898 by Hatheeb Ḥusayn and authenticated by Buchaa Muhammadfulhu, which was seen to prove that the land belonged to Khadhijafulhu and Adamkaleyfaanu who are descendants of the family.