وثيقة رسميّة: T-S AS 176.108

الوصف

Recto: State document beginning as follows: هذا كتاب من عبد الله ووليه الامام المنصور ابي علي الآمر باحكام الله امير المؤمنين صلوات الله عليه وعلى ابآئه الطاهرين وابنائه الائمة المطهرين من يد عبده الشيخ ابي علي الحسين بن عبد الله بن وهب ضامن تنيس واعمالها ان سهل بن يحيى يهودي طاري. To paraphrase, "This is a document of the caliph al-Āmir bi-Aḥkām Allāh (r. 1101–30) {issued} by his slave Abū ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbdallāh b. Wahb the tax farmer of Tinnīs and its districts, {certifying} that Sahl b. Yaḥyā is a Jewish 'newcomer.'" (There is also a Sahl b. Yaḥyā mentioned in DK 232.4; could be the same person.) The question of a person's newcomer (ṭārī) status determined how much they owed for the capitation tax (cf. T-S NS J3 and T-S Ar.41.109, which may allude to this genre of document). The section at the bottom is difficult to read but gives a date and ends with a ḥamdala in the bottom line. Verso: Unidentified state document in Arabic script. Receipt of some sort, perhaps for the capitation tax of the same Sahl b. Yaḥyā, however his name does not appear nor does the word 'jizya.' Begins: صح ذلك في التواريخ المبينة لشهور سنة خمس وخمسمائة, which gives us the date (505 AH) and suggests (because of the 'dhālika' and 'al-mubayyana') that this document is referring back to the document on the other side. Underneath, "the amount: 1 dinar." At the top and perhaps the right margin there are registration marks / ʿalāʾim. Needs further examination.