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.
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 2018Citation 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 2018Citation 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 2018Citation 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 2018Citation 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.