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This document is an imperial/sultanic order issued on the first day (Gurre) of Cemadiyelahir 1012 (6 November 1603) concerning absentee usufruct owners. The order allowed the sipahi (cavalryman responsible for collecting taxes from land production) to distribute the land of an absentee if a year had passed since their departure without any news. This measure was taken during a period of economic and social turmoil, when many peasant-cultivators abandoned their land, leading to tax collection issues and a potential deficit in the treasury. The document is a copied version by Sarkis Karakoç (d. 1944), an Ottoman lawyer who conducted research on Ottoman law and collected many original and copied legal texts.

This court certificate (hujja/hüccet) was issued by the qāḍī court of Antakya on 8 Zilkade 1190/19 December 1776. A proxy, Es-Seyyid İbrahim Ağa, made this transfer of property on behalf of his father, Ahmed ibn Ebu Bekir bin Abdullah, and Ayşe bint Mehmed. The property, a çiftlik (farm), included houses, vineyards, olive trees, various fruit gardens, and a half share in a mill. While these were sold (bey-i batt), eight pieces of miri (state-owned) land were transferred by cession (firagh), following Ottoman property regulations. This document is an example of land law application in the Ottoman Empire.