Manuscripts: Royal decree

Documents in this section include both manuscripts and early printed forms of broadsheets complete with royal seals and signatures issued by the sultans of the Maldives.

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0001

Document on the consecration of Boaga Ziyaarat on Aidhoo Island
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0094

A royal decree commissioning the buidling of a boat (Furedhdhi Odi)
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0095

A royal decree of protection for Ha'oddey Dhamana Kanbulo
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0097

A royal decree investing ownership of the island Anhenfushi to the people of Hithadhoo, with stipulations that the people of Kinolhas may not land the...
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0105

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0109

Fragment of a royal decree on a waqf endowment
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0126

Hanyaameedhoo' is written on the reverse, where is also found the number 132, apparently written at an even later date
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0170

List of items that can be obtained in exchange for islands and land
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0181

MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0182

Transcription from Dhives Akuru into Thaana script of stating ownership of the deserted island
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0184

Royal decree on ownership of two islands
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0187

Statement of the wages and assets of a person appointed as a Fiqh scholar of Malé Hukuru Miskiyy
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0192

Three waqf documents for residential land, a mosque and a royal decree on the use of palm trees and agricultural land
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0201

Royal decree regarding the construction of shipyard on Foakaidhoo Island
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0202

Waqf endowment of assests allocated to Ke'ndhikolhu Hukuru Miskiyy
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0245

Royal decree stating the distribution of assets to Miladhoo Miskiyy to settle a dispute between the people of the two islands
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0263

Declaration of a change of ownership of residential land
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0529

Copy of royal decree stating that a dozen fish should be submitted as a tax from each ship of Dhiffushi Island
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0804

A royal decree written in thaanascript stating that Dhaalu Mathimurakaali reef is open for fishing and other uses for Dhaalu Ba'ndidhoo people
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0805

A royal decree written in thaanascript empowering the need to pay the return of any use of any land/assets endowed to Malé Hukurur Miskiyy
MAHS-MDV-COL-003-O-0821

Royal decree declaring that all assets of Ḥasan's family are inviolate
MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0008

Inventory of goods owed to Sultan Shams al-Dīn by the people of Dhiddho, including coir rope, sail canvas, smithing materials, cowrie shells, fish, ...
MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0024

Royal decree from the 25th year of the Sultan's reign, with his seal in purple ink at the top right corner. It confirms the privileges and pensions pr...
MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0025

Ealry Printed circular, signed and stamped with a seal in purple ink at the top right corner of a Royal Decree issued in response to 'disasters' (mus...
MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0026

Ealry Printed circular, signed and stamped with a seal in purple ink at the top right corner of a Royal Decree issued to establish duties on fish, she...
MAHS-MDV-COL-010-O-0004

A royal decree by Sulṭān Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn (II) Iskandar Sulṭān Muḥammad Mu'in al-Dīn signed and stamped with a seal in purple ink at t...
MAHS-MDV-COL-010-O-0006

An early printed circular, stamped with a seal in purple ink at the top right corner. The text is a royal decree issued by Sulṭān Ibrahīm Nūr ...
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MAHS-MDV-COL-006-O-0008

Inventory of goods owed to Sultan Shams al-Dīn by the people of Dhiddho, including coir rope, sail canvas, smithing materials, cowrie shells, fish, and currency (lari). The royal demand is for both the capital and the dividends earned on that be repaid. Watermark on paper: 'Graemhald Foolscap Supreme - Best Dutch Make'.

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