Islamic documents

Evidence

"there had been found in the Islamic Museum located in the precincts of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem a group of Islamic documents dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, estimated to contain "approximately 354 complete documents as well as many other small fragments.""

Remarks

This entry describes the 'Haram Documents', a collection of 354 complete medieval Islamic documents and numerous fragments found in the Islamic Museum within the precincts of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The collection is highly significant as it provides primary chancery and legal records from the Mamlūk period (13th to 15th centuries), a category of material that had previously been mostly lost except for fragments found in Egyptian refuse mounds. The types of documents within the collection range from royal Mamlūk decrees to private deeds for the sale of land. (p. 12)