Two Arabic Deeds of sale of rustic properties in the sites of Deifontes and Alcudia

Abstract

This article studies an important document from the late 15th century, which contains two Arabic deeds for the sale of rustic properties located in the villages of Deifontes and Alcudia, northeast of Granada. This document is dated 1493, the year after the city was taken by the Catholic Monarchs. The buyer is the well-known artillery captain and Private Secretary of the Kings, Don Francisco Ramírez de Madrid, who acts through a president, Pedro Aparicio de Cieza, and the sellers are various members of two great Arab families related to each other: The Buqqūn (Pocón) and cUÅ¡ayyiq. The document, which contains a large amount of information, especially minor toponymy, comes from the Archive of the Counts of Bornos, but is currently missing, only one photograph being preserved. The study includes the Arabic edition and translation of the two scriptures.