O. Reḍāʼī. Pīšīne va naḥve-ye ṯabt-e asnād dar bandar-e Būšehr (1308 h.q.-1350 h.q.)

The author presents an edition (p. 81-90) and facsimiles (p. 90-94) of five šarīʻa court documents from the port of Būšehr on the Persian Gulf coast of south-western Iran. The documents, all sale contracts, dated 1308/1891, 1330/1912, 1332/1914, 1345/1926 and 1350/1932 respectively, belong to the private collection of the Davvānī merchant family of Būšehr. They are significant because they each bear a registration remark. Reḍāʼī speculates that the registration practice of the Būšehrī clerics...