January Fine Arts & Antiques Sale

January Fine Arts & Antiques Sale

Lot 51: An Islamic Document signed by the Governor of...

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Start price: £650

Estimated price: £800 - £1,000

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An Islamic Document signed by the Governor of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.

A document signed by the Governor of Al-Quds Al-Sharif stipulates the receipt of a sum of money owed by the Syriac Christians living in Al-Quds Al-Sharif as a tribute and a tax for the year 1023. The amount arrived in the ledger of the treasury in Damascus, the Levant, and was registered by the Grand Vizier Hafez Ahmad Pasha, custodian of the Levant lands, and was approved in the year. 1023 by the representative of the Sultanate and the Caliphate in Holy Jerusalem, Inayatullah bin Abi Al-Muhallab

Approximately 30 X 21cm Has tears- good for its age.