Title
Receipt of payment from Sech Omar bin Sallim Alkalaloy
Year/Period
12th October 1866
Region
British Malaya and Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 12.3 x 20 cm
Accession No.
2000-05686
Collection of
This is a receipt (No. 4) for $400 paid by Sech Omar bin Sallim Alkalaloy for the “repaint (?) of one home on 29 Sultham Road”. The payment was signed and received by a Chinese individual (name illegible). This document is part of the John Koh collection which comprises of various legal documents in Arabic, Jawi, and English, and serves as a record of the 19th and early 20th century colonial legal systems in Singapore and the interactions of various ordinary individuals with the law.
