Acknowledgement of a loan taken by Mansour bin Hamad Al-Nakhli from Seth Ratansi
Mansour bin Hamad Al-Nakhli acknowledges his debt of fifty-five silver coins (qirsh) to Ratansi bin Purshottam Al-Banyani and the right of Ratansi bin Purshottam Al-Banyani to five date palms from Mansour bin Hamad Al-Nakhli's garden.
Functional document type: Private Deeds
Formal document type: Iqrar
Themes: Buying and Selling, Debt and Mortgage, Gardens and Orchards, Money
Date:
Hijri-qamri calendar: 24 Ramadan 1314
Gregorian calendar:
26 February 1897
[Page 1r]
invocation (top centre): Arabic
بمنّه تعالى
By the Grace of God
main text: Arabic
1اقر
منصور بن حميد النخلي
ان عليه لسيت
رطنسى بن برسوتم البانياني
2 خمسة و خمسين قرشا فضه افرنسياً مؤجلة عليه له الي مضي خمسة اشهر
3زمانا منذ اليوم وقد اثبت له بحقه هذا خمس نخلات مبسلى من ماله
4المسمى بستان جبيل الكاين ببلد
نخل
اثباتا صحيحا ثابتا شرعا
5اقرارا منه بذلك بتاريخ
يوم
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رمضان سنة
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وكتبه الفقير
6
صالح بن عامر الطيواني
بيده
7اشهدني على ذلك فشهدت و انا الحقير
حامد بن سالم بن محمد
بيدي
8قذا خط القاضي
صالح بن عامر
صحيح و ثابت
…
الحقير
خلفان بن عامر
…
تاريخ الورقة
1Mansour bin Hamad Al-Nakhli acknowledges that he owes to the Seth Ratansi bin Purshottam Al-Banyani
2fifty-five silver French qirsh, delayed upon him for the duration of five months’
3time from today, and he has confirmed for him [Ratansi] his [i.e. Ratansi's] right to five mature date palms from his [Mansour's] property
4which is called Jubail Garden in the town of Nakhl[a], and this is a valid, legal confirmation
5and an acknowledgement from him [Mansour] of that, on the date of 24 Ramadan 1314, and it was written by the wretched
6Saleh bin Amer Al-Tiwani, in his own hand.
7He had me bear witness to that, and I witnessed, and I am the wretched Hamid bin Salem bin Mohammed
8This is the handwriting of the qadi Saleh bin ‘Amer, confirmed and valid
…
Khalfan bin Amer
…
on the date of the waraqa
a silver coin, equivalent to a Maria Theresa Dollar
Islamic judge
document, especially financial deeds and contracts
Participants
Debtor:
Mansour bin Hamad Al-Nakhli
Creditor:
Seth
Ratansi Purshottam
Writer:
Qadi
Saleh bin Amer Al-Tiwani
Witness:
Hamid bin Salem bin Mohammed
Witness:
Khalfan bin Amer
Language(s)
Arabic
Source
Vimal Purecha Family Collection, no shelfmark
Archival Collection: Ratansi Purshottam collection
Transcribed from manuscript image.
Edited by Fahad Bishara and Elizabeth Thelen
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