Ottoman Palestine Israel Jerusalem Jewish Arab Rental Contract Stamp 1910s
An original bilingual Ottoman Turkish and French property lease contract (Contrat de Location) executed in Jerusalem (Kuds-i Şerif) in 1911 (1329 AH). The document details an intriguing interfaith property transaction, identifying the Jewish lessor as Yusef bin Ibrahim and the Arab tenant as Mahdi. Printed in black ink on aged paper by Imprimerie Osmanié under the authority of the Financial Administration of the Hejaz Railway, it features three original Ottoman fiscal revenue stamps bearing the Imperial Tughra cancelled with handwritten ink. The contract also includes a notable Hebrew signature in Eastern Mizrahi script in the guarantor (Le Garant) section alongside the official Ottoman handwritten signatures..