Eight deeds of sale of property in Palestine, most from the Ottoman period. Jerusalem and other places, late 19th century until the 1930s. Arabic and a little Hebrew.
1-6. Six kushans (Ottoman land deeds) and Ottoman documents for transfer of property: * Document attesting to the transfer of a house in the Ohel Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem from Avraham Efendi, son of Yosef, to Eliyahu Barzani. Signed by witnesses, Mukhtars, officials and the bureau manager. Ca. 1902. * Scribe's authorization of the aforementioned document. * A deed documenting the transfer of an area in the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem from Ya'akov son of Shaya to Chaim son of Yehuda Eisenstein. Ca. 1905. * More.
7-8. "Transfer deed" and "Authorization certificate" by the Committee of the colony Zichron Ya'akov (printed one alongside the other on a large uncut sheet), documenting the sale of property for an engineer named Nachum Y. Vishno to R. Ze'ev Rogin and Moshe Valdenberg. The transfer deed bears the signature and ink-stamp of the seller and the authorization certificate is stamped by the Committee of Zichron Ya'akov and signed by the secretary and the chairman. 1937.
Enclosed: Eight small notes and stubs, handwritten and printed, in Arabic, Hebrew, Russian and English from various years; a permit by the State of Israel for a fruit and vegetable store in Jerusalem in 1952, printed and filled-in by hand. Bearing the stamp and signature of the appointed officials.
Size and condition vary. Overall fair-good condition.