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	Doc No.:	Summary:	Date:	Subject:

1.	MHT 143	Declaration of distribution of alms tax during Eid al-Fitr		Zakat; Id al-Fitr; Mali.

2.	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

3.	MHT 163	Account of appropriation of assets to wife and children	1952	Transfer of property

4.	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

5.	MHT 188	Record of various transactions. Verso contains a prayer.		Transactions

6.	MHT 166	Record of various transactions in the purchase and sale of assets.		Transactions

7.	MHT 101	Dispute over the status of a female slave who was given as a present and pushed into prostitution by the new owner. Original owner claims the gift is no longer valid.		Slaves as gifts; Disputes

8.	MHT 132	Letter to writer's father Ali ibn Sayyid Ziya[n?] al-Sharif, sending him a young female slave and sundry items, including rice.		Slaves as gifts

9.	MHT 14	Purchase of a young slave as gift for a daughter.		Slaves as gifts

10.	MHT 104	Slaves as gifts from father to daughter	1883 or 1884	Slaves as gifts

11.	MHT 78	Record of gifts from father to son on occasion of birthday. Gifts include slaves and servants.	1891 or 1892	Slaves as gifts

12.	MHT 165	Letter to Ahmad Baba ibn Abi al-Abbas. Record of female slave given as a gift.		Slaves as gifts

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

14.	MHT 25	Exchange of money, rice, and semi-precious stones between a master and his female slave.		Slave's relations to master

15.	MHT 2	A list of witnesses attesting to the distribution of shares among three women (Aliyah, Fatimah and Raqiyah)		Shares; Property distribution; Ownership; Women

16.	MHT 190	Account of the events revolving around the sale of a female slave		Selling slaves

17.	MHT 63	Record of sale of slave. Partial payment is accepted by seller.	1898	Selling slaves

18.	MHT 116	Record of receipt of money in exchange for a servant, and distribution of the amount among partners.		Selling servants

19.	MHT 164	Record of reconciliation between brother and sister over property dispute.		Reconciliation; Property disputes

20.	MHT 139	Record that Alal ibn Sayyid Muhammad ibn al-Habib granted to his wife his female slave as a gift for the purpose of reconciliation.	1898	Reconciliation; Disputes

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