Document 0037
Document Type: Land Sale Agreement
Year: 1934
Origin: Beersheeba, Palestine
Government Stamp: Yes
Document 0037
Document Type: Land Sale Agreement
Year: 1934
Origin: Beersheeba, Palestine
Government Stamp: Yes
This document is a land sale contract entered into on or about September 2nd, 1934, between Mr. Mahrous Bseiso and Mohammad Shaker Hirzallah both residents of Beersheba, Palestine. Per this contract, Mohammad Shaker Hirzallah was to sell Mahrous Bseiso one hundred and twenty-five dunams of land (described as one hundred twenty-five thousand square meters) from the lands of the Al-Sir area within the lands of the tribes of Al-Farrahayn for 16,250 Palestinian qirsh. This contract not only suggests Mahrous’ Bseiso’s ownership of the land described but the contract also makes reference to the existing Land Registry Office and lists the names of other Palestinian landowners in 1934, approximately 14 years prior to the Arab-Israeli War in 1948. This document was witnessed by Salameh Abu Mahfouz, Salman Bin Naser Bin Ghadeer, Sheikh Eid Musallam Bin Khudayrah, Salih bin Erfan, Salem Abu Zuwayyed, Suleiman Al-Su’aydani.