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

	Doc No.:	Summary:	Date:	Subject:

21.	MHT 21	Distribution of slave's value among family members.		Property distribution

22.	MHT 108	Letter to Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Muhammad Ahmad. Refers to someone following a group in their travel.

23.	MHT 208	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, Hamm Abu Bakr. Judge settled dispute among inheritors.

24.	MHT 11	Distribution of slaves and livestock among daughers Fatimah and Umm Kulthum, and son Muhammad al-Bashir.	1931 or 1932	Property distribution

25.	MHT 111	Letter to writer's sons relieving them of debts with slaves.

26.	MHT 112	Letter to Ahmad ibn Umar. Response to a request to transfer ownership of a female slave from one person to another, and the dispute that followed.

27.	MHT 113	Account of debt expressed in value of slaves.	1896 or 1897

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

29.	MHT 114	Payment for a female slave as collateral	1895

30.	MHT 215	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, Muhammad al-Madar ibn Buss.	1866

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

32.	MHT 115	Records of transfer of ownership of slaves and camels by individuals to their sons.	1893	Ownership of slaves

33.	MHT 212	Account of inventory and distribution of the estate of the deceased, al-Imam Ibn Bunti.	1904

34.	MHT 117	Testimony ascertaining the good physical condition of a slave.		Evaluation of slaves

35.	MHT 119	Letter to a judge. Document is cropped. Reference to a slave owned by writer's sister. Verso contains an illustration.

36.	MHT 12	Testament of [Aliyah?] bint Yahya that she gave possession to her nephew Isa ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mawlud her share of books left to her by her father and her share of what her daughter had given to her;...	1941	Property distribution

37.	MHT 120	Record of request by woman to scribe to document something. No specific apparent subject.

38.	MHT 121	Letter to a Timbuktu judge.Request for transfer of debts from a freed female slave to the writer. Verso contains addressee's name and [name of letter carrier?]

39.	MHT 122	Record of a transaction involving two slaves, interrupted by illness of one of the parties.		Business transactions

40.	MHT 125	Letter regarding jewels as value for a female slave.

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