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.
Manuscripts: Royal decree
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 al-Dīn Iskandar Sulṭān Muḥammad ‘Imad al-Dīn Iskandar. It treats the distribution of taxation on the islanders depending in relation to specific commodities. The document is stored rolled in a bamboo tube (HDH-VKD-13-SO3).