وثيقة رسميّة: T-S Ar.51.107

Verso

1. The slave

2. Abū ʿAbdallāh, the baker from Fusṭāṭ.

3. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

4. The benedictions of God and his blessings, his increasing benefactions, most excellent greetings and peace be upon our master and lord

5. the imām al-ʿĀḍid li-Dīn AlIāh, commander of the faithful, and upon his pure ancestors and expected sons,

6. enduring benedictions, which last until the day of judgement. The slave kisses the ground and reports to the lofty, exalted and sublime seat

7. of the great lord, (commander of) the armies, sword (of Islam), the protector (of the judges of the Muslims), the defender (of mankind), the guide (of the dāʿīs of the believers), {and} may (God) strengthen the religion through him,

8. gratify the commander of the faithful by his longevity, cause his power to endure, exalt his word and execute his commands and judgments upon the face of the earth,

9. and reports that he is a poor man, with a family and children, a baker in Fusṭāṭ, and that he is in debt

10. to a man called ʿAbd al-Bāqī ibn Wardar. He is too poor to pay it off

11. and the aforementioned creditor is demanding it from him in a cruel fashion. The slave requests the kindness

12. and benefaction of the issuing of an incontrovertible ordinance to the mighty judge to look into

13. his situation and allow him to pay the debt in instalments, according to his condition, and to treat him leniently, so that he may find the means

14. of dwelling in his native city, support his beloved family and live a new life in these days of the (commander of) the armies,

15. may God, the exalted, cause them to remain and make eternal the reign of the one who rules during them, as a benefaction and kindness to him. To the exalted resolutions

16. belongs the merit of loftiness and power regarding that, if God, the exalted, wills.

17. Praise be to God alone and his blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad and his family and save them.

Recto - right

1. An instruction has been given to the prosperous and trustworthy qāḍī Kamāl al-Dīn
2. to clarify the situation of the petitioner and, if his poverty is established
3. in the way that such matters are established, let him look into his case according to the demands of the holy law
4. and the requirements of public utility. (The qāḍī was also instructed) to deposit it
5. in his hand.

Recto - left

1. Praise be to God and ....

2. Let the prosperous, trustworthy qāḍī

3. Kamāl aI-Dīn, the trust of mankind, the nobility of judges,

4. the might of the Muslims, the chosen one of the believers,

5. may God cause to endure his support and his strength, and give him a good measure

6. of help and prosperity, clarify the case of the petitioner and, if

7. his poverty is established in the way such matters are established, let him look

8. into his affair, according to the demands of the holy law

9. and the requirements of public utility, and let it be deposited in his hand.