Title
Receipt of payment between Mak Qi Ning and Haji Seman bin Haji Muhammad Tahir
Year/Period
17 December 1866
Region
British Malaya and Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 22.8 x 21.1 cm
Accession No.
2000-05694
Collection of
This is a receipt of payment (for a bird) worth $390 between Mak Qi Ning (?) and Haji Seman (?) bin Haji Muhammad Tahir dated 10 Syaaban 1283H (corresponding to 17 December 1866). It 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.
