وثيقة رسميّة: T-S NS 89.3

الوصف

State document, in Arabic script, probably a report or a petition, but most likely the former. Not a lot of text is preserved, but it seems to ask for a resolution concerning an action, contains beginning of a raʾy clause, an inshallāh, and an ʿalāma: الشكر لله وحده وهو حسبي وبه استعين. There is a separate section underneath; it could be the response to the upper section, or a separate report. It concerns Ibn Muḥsin b. Shaddād al-Yahūdī and probably the collection of fiscal dues in a district (nāḥiya). The writer refers to previous correspondence and to instructions apparently authorizing or confirming Ibn Muḥsin’s collection of a payment connected with assessed obligations (al-muwāẓif). The text also mentions the amir al-Muwaffaq, with the laqab Shams/Nasīm al-Dawla(?) (reading uncertain), and his cooperation in fulfilling what had been requested. A later line again refers to Ibn Muḥsin b. Shaddād al-Yahūdī and to a barāʾa, perhaps a receipt or quittance confirming collection. The fragment ends with the formula “Ḥasbī Allāh waḥdahu wa-bihi astaʿīn.” Reused on recto for Hebrew piyyuṭ. Needs further examination. ASE/YU.