وثيقة رسميّة: BL OR 5557K.10 + T-S NS 162.34 + T-S NS 70.10
وثيقة رسميّة BL OR 5557K.10 + T-S NS 162.34 + T-S NS 70.10الوصف
Official letter, possibly addressed to the vizier ("ḥaḍrat al-wizāra") concerning the appointment of an amir in Yemen. Dating: ca. 11th/12th century. On verso there is a Hebrew piyyut based on 1 Kings 2 followed by a piyyut based on Shemot. (Information in part from Khan's edition of T-S NS 162.34.) The joins are indirect and are not certain but appear to match on both sides. Joins: Alan Elbaum. Other Arabic documents reused by the same Hebrew scribe: T-S Ar.38.140 (PGPID 16798), T-S NS 223.22 (PGPID 38255), ENA 3700.1 (PGPID 32749), ENA 3974.6 (PGPID 11251).
Translation: Khan, Geoffrey (in English)
T-S NS 162.34 1r
النصوص المفرّغة
الترجمة
Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).-
[ ] my most glorious lord
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When the slave [[established]] learnt of the good intention, the kind view and the noble patronage,
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he desired to show reverence to his lofty presence, may God increase its glory
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and establish his magnificence, for his glorious actions of the past through which he honourably achieved
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celebrity and distinction and more [[glorious]] fine qualities
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than the preceding 'amīrs of Yemen who have been appointed previously by the
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government.
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His slaves will relate to him - may God [[establish]] cause his rule to endure - what the slave has charged them with concerning this, for he, by God, is prepared.
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If he has among [your 'amīrs]] the 'amīrs of the Arabs a slave who is at his disposal
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[ ] his adherence to him (?).
T-S NS 162.34 1v
