Credit instrument or private receipt: Moss. IXa,2.59
Credit instrument or private receipt Moss. IXa,2.59תגים
תיאור
Receipt dated 1247 AH (1831/32 CE). The document involves a ṣarrāf, Dāwūd Naʿīm, who was working for one of the state's dīwāns (likely related to production of/trade in a commodity that fell under the monopoly system of Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha's administration). There is at least one other party involved in the transaction, a certain Sulaymān al-Harīrī. The currencies listed are the kurush and medin, which were minted shortly before Meḥmed ʿAlī Pasha's currency reforms took effect in 1834. MCD.