07. Payment promise by Soliman Dombelli

Wajh taḥarîe alḥurūf wa wa muwjib tastîruhu huwa annahu ‘inda almu’allim Suleiman Ad-danbaki Almakârî Almakârî Alḥalabî illî nâqil alwathîqa alkhwâja Andrea Albunduqî mualghan qadruhu sab’ wa sitîn qirsh wa khams masârî (para?) thaman jâz wa wâ’adahu bil’mablagh illî madhiyat arba’ ash-hur tamdhî min tarîkhahu tahrîrar fin muntasaf shahr Safar allathî huwa min shuhūr sanat 1118. (Almu’allim Suleiman Ad-danbakî). Shuhūd alḥâl, Ḥasan Basha bin Nâser, Alḥâj Ḥasan ibn Abaq Jarishî Alqassab Ash-shâmî.
(Translation and transcription by Giancarlo Casale)

The reason for preparing and writing this document is that Muʿallim [professor] Suleiman Al-Dunbaki [the jurist] Al-Makari Al-Halabi [the Aleppine] owes to the bearer of this document, Hoca Andrea Al-Bunduki [the Venetian], may he continue in strength, the sum of sixty-seven qurush and five masârî [?], the price of nuts [Jâz]. And he promises to pay him the sum four months from the date of this document’s drafting. Written in the middle of the month of Safar, of the months of the year 1118. [Late May 1706]. Witnesses: Hasan Pasha ibn Naser, Alhajj Hasan ibn abaq Jarish Al-Qassab [the butcher], Ash-shami [the Damascene].
(Translation and transcription by Giancarlo Casale)