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-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, shells, fresh and dried coconuts. It is stored rolled into a bamboo tube (HAF-DID-4-SO1) together with HAF-DID-4-MS18 and MS19.

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