Title
Receipt of payment signed by Haji Seman bin Haji Muhammad Tahir
Year/Period
Undated
Region
British Malaya and Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 10.9 x 13.2 cm
Accession No.
2000-05689
This is a receipt of $8 signed by Haji Seman(?) bin Haji Muhammad Tahir and dated 5 Ramadan 1282H (corresponding to 21 January 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.
