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This document evidences that Mahrous Bseiso owned a drinking-water well titled the "Mahrous Well" that was dug in 1931 and located on the western side of an unidentified bridge. Although the exact location of the well was not mentioned, because the document makes reference to the road to Hebron; when discussing another well, it can be inferred that Mahrous Bseiso's well was located in or near the West Bank. This document not only evidence's Mahrous' Bseiso's ownership of a drinking well in Palestine approximately 17 years prior to the Arab-Israeli War in 1948, but also evidences that there were several other documented Palestinian drinking-well owners during this time period as well, whose names have been listed alongside Bseiso's.. Origins: Beersheeba, Palestine. Language(s): Arabic

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.. Origins: Beersheeba, Palestine. Language(s): Arabic

This document is a land sale contract entered into on or about December 2, 1944, between Mahrous Bseiso and Hajj Eissa Afandi Bseiso. Per this contract, Hajj Eissa Afandi Bseiso was to sell Mahrous Bseiso land described as being ten and a half meters long and four meters wide. The land was located in Beersheba and was described as being next to Hajj Sha'aban Bseiso's land, who was a family member of Mahrous Bseiso. As evidenced by the names referenced in this land sale contract, notwithstanding the land owned by Mahrous Bseiso, Bseiso family members outside of Mahrous were also landowners in Palestine at the time this contract was entered into in 1944. Moreover, this document helps establish that the land in Beersheba was documented and owned by the Palestinans who lived there, not unowned and desolate as many have mistaken it to have been.. Origins: Beersheeba, Palestine. Language(s): Arabic