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Ottoman Levantine sultani gold account: research record

Evidence coverage: 1583–1588. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Ottoman Levantine sultani gold account

CUR-V30-LEVANT-SULTANI · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1583–1588; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Latest research

Earlier account evidence

A Damascus attestation dated 26 October 1583 denominates a one-year debt in 412½ sultanis.

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Earlier account evidence

Khudāwardī Bey’s Jerusalem endowment valued capital held as 8,000 Shami paras at 200 sultanis, with expected annual proceeds of 30 sultanis.

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Earlier account evidence

Fāṭima’s Jerusalem account aggregates silver-para assets and maintenance expenses in gold sultanis; the remaining capital is lent for another year.

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Unit-of-account identity review

A Damascus attestation dated 26 October 1583 denominates a one-year debt in 412½ sultanis.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1583supported

A Damascus attestation dated 26 October 1583 denominates a one-year debt in 412½ sultanis.

C1862
1587supported

Khudāwardī Bey’s Jerusalem endowment valued capital held as 8,000 Shami paras at 200 sultanis, with expected annual proceeds of 30 sultanis.

C1874
1588supported

Fāṭima’s Jerusalem account aggregates silver-para assets and maintenance expenses in gold sultanis; the remaining capital is lent for another year.

C1875
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1862

A Damascus attestation dated 26 October 1583 denominates a one-year debt in 412½ sultanis.

Munther H. Alsabagh · Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria, UCSB PhD dissertation, March 2018 Citation S980 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 195–196, n. 439; Damascus court record D-1-38-2

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1874

Khudāwardī Bey’s Jerusalem endowment valued capital held as 8,000 Shami paras at 200 sultanis, with expected annual proceeds of 30 sultanis.

Munther H. Alsabagh · Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria, UCSB PhD dissertation, March 2018 Citation S980 · Open source ↗

Printed p. 197, n. 441; J-67-64-2, 10 Muharram 996 / 11 December 1587

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1875

Fāṭima’s Jerusalem account aggregates silver-para assets and maintenance expenses in gold sultanis; the remaining capital is lent for another year.

Munther H. Alsabagh · Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria, UCSB PhD dissertation, March 2018 Citation S980 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 312–315, n. 654; J-Sij 67-176-1, 15 Jumada I 996; translated lines 6, 10–18

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1889

Neither cessation of coin production nor the latest admitted account proves termination of obligations.

Munther H. Alsabagh · Before Banks: Credit, Society, and Law in Sixteenth-Century Palestine and Syria, UCSB PhD dissertation, March 2018 Citation S980 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 195–196, n. 439; Damascus court record D-1-38-2

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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