Acknowledgement of a loan taken by Abdullah bin Shuhadat Al-Balushi from Seth Ratansi
Abdullah bin Shuhadat Al-Balushi acknowledges the loan he took from Seth Ratansi Purshottam.
Functional document type: Private Deeds
Formal document type: Iqrar
Themes: Debt and Mortgage, Money, Trade
Date:
Hijri-qamri calendar: 25 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1313
Gregorian calendar:
7 June 1896
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invocation (top centre): Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
In the name of God, the most gracious, the most compassionate
main text: Arabic
1اقر
عبدالله بن شهدات البلوشي
ان عليه
للسيت رطنسيه
2بن برسوتم البنياني
ثلاثة و خمسين قرشا فضة
افرنسياً
3و
نصف قرش فضة افرنسيسي
حقا مؤجلاً عنه لمضي ستة
4اشهر زمانا من اليوم اقرارا منه بذالك بتاريخ يوم
٢٥
شهر ذي
5الحجة الحرام سنة
١٣١٣
و كتبه
ناصر بن عامر بن سليمان الريامي
بيده
6 بمعرفة
الياس بن فقير
و
غلام شاه
البلوشيين
1Abdullah bin Shuhadat Al-Balushi
acknowledges that upon him to the
Seth Ratansi
2Bin Purshottam Al-Banyani
[is]
three and fifty French silver
qurush
3and
half a French silver
qirsh,
an obligation that is deferred from him for six
4months’ time from today, an acknowledgement from him of that on
25 Dhu
5Al-Hijja Al-Haram 13131
and
Nasser bin Amer bin Sulaiman Al-Riyami
wrote it with his own hand
6with the cognizance of
Ilyas bin Faqir
and
Ghulam Shah
Al-Balushiyin (the Baluchis)
Notes
1. Arabic transliteration of the month is used here because the document is fully in Arabic. This month is spelled Zi al-hijja elsewhere on the site in accordance with Persian usage. [BACK]
a silver coin, equivalent to a Maria Theresa Dollar
a silver coin, equivalent to a Maria Theresa Dollar
Participants
Debtor:
Abdullah bin Shuhadat al-Balushi
Creditor:
Seth
Ratansi Purshottam
Writer:
Nasser bin Amer bin Sulaiman Al-Riyami
Witness:
Ilyas bin Faqir al-Balushi
Witness:
Ghulam Shah al-Balushi
Language(s)
Arabic
Source
Vimal Purecha Family Collection, no shelfmark
Archival Collection: Ratansi Purshottam collection
Transcribed from manuscript image.
Edited by Fahad Bishara and Nandini Chatterjee
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