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Document 56: Charter of Ibrahim b. Nayil

DOCUMENT 56 Document 56 is a confirming charter issued by Arbab Ibrahim b. Nayil, Malik of the Jamii'iya, to the Awlad al-Shaykh KhOjali on 16 Jumada II 1215/4 November 1800. The text has been taken by the editors from the original.1 The present document may be seen as a sequel to and support for the rulings contained in Docs. 54 and 55. o.;J'>"O ~).. ~J J ~.;i ~ ~~ / ..ul Jr''; J-- ~I J o)I...JIJ ..u ..>...>JI ..:r. J i+.:1.r- 1..0 J~ ..ul ~I ~~I .ill.. I..S...I: J-- / ~I .;1:..04 ~J"" ~~~ J ~~ J ~!,.,.; J ..ul .u....o.... J.=I:. .illli p~.;ll ..:r. I-"~I .illli / ,-:,L.J~I i+.:1r.- ~ !.,.;or I-" ~ I .illli '-:' lu~ I .;...v:ll J.;..".w.1 u I.i ~ L.I ~ ~ I / .r.> ..I....- ~ 4- / ~I ,)~JI ~ J.?-..,,> ~I ,)~JI Iyjl:. ,-:,1.l..>J.1 ,-:,~I ~ ~ ~I o:-W1 / ~ 0" J.?-..,,> ~I ),) 0" yl.l..>J.1 ~1J v:i'..;iJ1 I".r'- J ~ / ..0J J-- ~ J J ~,)W4 ,-:,1.l..>J.1 ~I J ~ ) J J"'...;AJI J ~I / ~ ~ L. J.?-..,,> J r=' ~I ~ J ~ ..0J ~ ~ !.,.;or U I-"~I / .illli u l ~ ~..rJ1 ),) 0" ,-:,1.l..>J.1 t[):. ~ J o,)WI ~ J ~..rJ1 ~ J.?-..,,> / ~I ,)~J~ L.:.....I ~ 1_· .!. ..~II ,)~ ~ 1..01.ill.. .1......wJ1 ~ [, ~ VI:. u l J / ~I ~ ~I rfi ~ ~l>J1 J / ...;)l;.J1 313 314 DOCUMENT 56 2 .r-:;> / ':JI V'! (,.. ) 3(, •• ) J "-.J V'! J=b J "-.J ~J 0::'"':JI V'! .Jl:> J .J~ V'! ..I..o~ J y:llill ~ V'! .J4J1 / ~ J ..>..-. ~J c::4-;; J .r.-JI ~J JJI ~ J / c;} V'! ..I.:-- J ~ V'!.Jl..:.:. J .:;:WI ~~ V'! JJI ~ '-:"'~.J':JI J .r-:;>':JI .ill.11 V'! ..I..o~ / V'! I,)"":! ...wI / c!l~1 ~ ...wI V'! ~I V'! ~ ...wI V'! ..>..-.'.J rJ"..r rI V'! .Jy.JI ...wI V'! ..>..-. V'! ~I J / .....:; (.S!I V'! ..y ...wI J 31-"" ~ V'! uL..:L ..JJ JJI ~ J / ..r.:> JJI J ..\.OIL!. J ~~ ~ V'! JJI ~ ...wI V'! ~I JJI..r.;ii bl J ~WI .:l~ U-- / uP-- ? ~ .J~ .J~I .....;.....:. .~)l!J1 rY.:i .!lJ~ .JJ'> U:..\.OII.!JI ~I ~ v:J....yll ..I.::-' s.& / U-- ~UI J .....ilil ~ ? ~ ~ .J~ U-4 ....L:-J1 ('1 s)(...J1 1';-- IS'.J J ,)a> / IlA J ~}I ~ ~ ..\.OIL!. .r-:;>':JI .ill.11 V'! ..I..o~ V'! I,)"":! JJI ..r.;ii / bl r 4~..l..::-! L.... ..\.OIL!. ,.;I..JI..I..;. /...wl· .!. ••~II...w1 • ~...wl· ..>..-.1 JJI .' bl . L V'! c..-=- V'! V'! ~ r---' 4~..l..::-! ,)a> IlA J ~}I ~ DOCUMENT 56 315 ~ I~ J ~}I .j ~ ..u.L!. .>...- ...wI 0'1 ~I / .>...-1 .JJI .r.-U bl I" \s-'::-! Praise be to God, and prayers and peace upon the messenger of God. This is a subsidiary charter and royal document written and approved in the Funj territories, in the presence of the Malik of the Jamu'iya, may God Most High exalt them, in the presence of their warden, Arbab aI-Malik Ibrahim, son of the late Malik Nayil. May God preserve and guard him, grant him victory, and care for him through the influence of Muqammad, the best of His prophets. Thereafter: The Awlad al-Shaykh Khojali showed the divinely preserved and pious Arbab al-Malik Ibrahim a ruling of Shaykh 'Abd Allah walad 'Ajib and a ruling at Islamic law concerning cultivable land in the estate of Shaykh Khojali along the western side. The Muqammadab challenged the Awlad al-Shaykh Khojali concerning it and complained to Walad 'Ajib. The two parties were summoned and the Muqammadab were cut off from the estate of Shaykh Khojali; they have nothing in the qurayr below the qayj, not even a hand's breadth. The Muqammadab were cut off both by customary law and by Islamic law. Thereupon Malik Ibrahim, when he had been shown the ruling of Walad 'Ajib and the ruling at Islamic law,S confirmed and ratified the ruling at Islamic law and the ruling at customary law for the Awlad al-Shaykh Khojali. He cut off the claim of the Mu4ammadab to the estate of Shaykh KhOjali; they have nothing below the qayf, not even a hand's breadth. He made the estate the property of the Awlad al-Shaykh Khojali. Let no troublemaker trouble them concerning it. Let no challenger challenge them concerning it. He who troubles them after that is subject...