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Handwritten Arabic land contract, folded, torn and patched with brown tape, with a green revenue stamp at the bottom
Land contract, Alma, 1934. Private agreement in Ruq'a script with a revenue stamp of the Mandate administration.Source: PalestineRemembered.com ↗
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Land contract of Sheikh Salah bin al-Hajj Ahmad Al-Refaei

الشيخ صلاح بن الحاج احمد الرفاعي

Sheikh Salah Al-Refaei · Muhammad bin Hasan Abdallah (Azzam)

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Head

[Title illegible, probably “Contract”.] Party: Muhammad bin Hasan Abdallah [Azzam? / of the village of Alma?]. Party: Sheikh Salah bin al-Hajj Ahmad al-Rifai.

First

The said party [sells?] a plot of land known as [illegible], located in …, bounded to the west by Mustafa Sulaiman and to the south by Muhammad Ghannam, for the sum of thirteen[?] pounds[?], paid in cash[?] by the second party.

Fourth

[The transfer] at the land registry (Tabu)[?] to the second party, as soon as[?] the second party requests it.

Fifth

All registration fees and costs[?] are borne by the second party[?].

Sixth

The [first?] party has handed over [the plot?] to the second party … [illegible].

Eighth

And last: if a party withdraws … [Palestinian pounds?] … ten[?] … the amount[?] it has received[?] …

[?] uncertain reading · [illegible] not readable at this resolution. Nothing has been guessed.

Land contract of Sheikh Salah bin al-Hajj Ahmad Al-Refaei · Hajj Khalil family archive