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Browsing 209 item(s) in: Slavery and manumission manuscripts of Timbuktu

	Doc No.:	Summary:	Subject:

21.	MHT 216	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, Muhammad al-Madar ibn Buss. This could be a continuation of other records of estate distribution concerning Ibn Buss. Note: Text appears...

22.	MHT 39	Description of legal status of different kind of wives in Islamic law with repect to inheritance, depending on whether the wife is only for pleasure or as mother and domestic partner.	Women; Marriage; Islamic law; Inheritance and succession

23.	MHT 37	Letter to Muhammad ibn Isa, requesting to transfer ownership of young slave from sons of Uthman to Muhammad Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Shaykh.	Transfer of ownership

24.	MHT 3	Upper portion is cropped on the left. Eulogy to someone who was killed, probably in battle.	Martyrdom

25.	MHT 189	Bargaining over a female slave between Qayid ibn Bab Sayyid and his sister Ya bint Baba Sayyid.	Bargaining

26.	MHT 22	Judgment in a dispute between a man and a woman over a female slave, granting the man's share to the woman.	Property dispute; distribution

27.	MHT 200	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, Abu Bakr Siddiq.

28.	MHT 28	Letter from Muhammad al-Salih to Ahmad Baba describing attack on Salih's slave. Verso bears seal with ""Ahmad Baba"" inscribed on it. Appears to be a confirmation of Salih's letter.

29.	MHT 58

30.	MHT 41

31.	MHT 34

32.	MHT 54	Dispute over ownership of female slave, presenting witnesses and confirming legitimacy of ownership.	Ownership of slaves; Disputes

33.	MHT 24

34.	MHT 51	Letter complaining about addressee's slave and what he did to her servant. Addressee: Yakamit bint Araf. Verso contains an address.

35.	MHT 218	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, Abu Bakr ibn Mundh[ir?] Muhammad.

36.	MHT 48	Record of purchase of a female slave for 8000 [wad'ahs]. Buyer

37.	MHT 214	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased whose name does not appear on the document.

38.	MHT 26	Appears to be a letter regarding value given in exchange for slaves and cattle.

39.	MHT 221	Four separate documents containing accounts of inventory and distribution of the estate of deceased whose names do not appear in the documents.

40.	MHT 105	Slaves as collateral for a loan. Verso contains an inscription.	Slaves as collateral

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