Lot Essay
This deed of endowment concerns a succession of generations. The first person to make the document is possibly one al-Nasiri Muhammad b. Muhammad al-'Ulai 'Ali b. al-Saifi Balban b. 'Abd Allah, designated the Na'ib al-Sultana or Prince Regent in about AH 831/1427-8. The last document on the scroll is dated AH 960/1553 AD.
Names of some of the notable persons mentioned on the scroll are:
Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Arkash
Muhammad al-'Attar
al-Maulavi al-Qasawi al-Imami al-Amuli al-Mainadi al-Muhaqqiq al-Hujaji al-Muhaddithi, Shaikh al-Islam Abu Haiyan Muhammad b. Muhib al-Din b. Awhad al-Fudala Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Hilli
Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. al-Shaikh Shams al-Din Hakim b. Mamlik al-Shari'ah al-Hamawiyah
Qadi al-Quda'ah Hakim al-Muslimin Shaikh al-Mudarrisin, al-Muhaqqiq Qidwat al-'Ulama Abul Hasa 'Ali b. Sayyid Khatib al-Nisriyah al-Tai
Names of some of the notable persons mentioned on the scroll are:
Muhammad b. 'Ali al-Arkash
Muhammad al-'Attar
al-Maulavi al-Qasawi al-Imami al-Amuli al-Mainadi al-Muhaqqiq al-Hujaji al-Muhaddithi, Shaikh al-Islam Abu Haiyan Muhammad b. Muhib al-Din b. Awhad al-Fudala Abu Hafs 'Umar al-Hilli
Muhammad 'Abd Allah b. al-Shaikh Shams al-Din Hakim b. Mamlik al-Shari'ah al-Hamawiyah
Qadi al-Quda'ah Hakim al-Muslimin Shaikh al-Mudarrisin, al-Muhaqqiq Qidwat al-'Ulama Abul Hasa 'Ali b. Sayyid Khatib al-Nisriyah al-Tai