وثيقة رسميّة: St. Catherine, Atiya no. 962, Stern doc. 5

1. [....] and similarly the corn, barley and
2. fruit in the upper monastery which belong to the bishop and the monks;
3. the order of 'the servant of our master and lord
4. the Imam al-Ḥāfiẓ li-Dīn Allah, Commander of the Faithful,
5. God's blessings be upon him, his pure ancestors
6. and noble sons: the Most Excellent Lord, Commander of the Armies,
7. Sword of Islam, Helper of the Imam, Succour of Mankind,
8. Abū l-Muẓaffar Bahrām al-Ḥāfiẓī,
9. was issued to write this open decree and to include into it the following: Orders and documents
10. have regularly been issued to enjoin that Mount Sinai,
11. its bishop and his monks
12. should be protected and that harm be kept away from them
13. and that they be defended and guarded.
14. When their petition containing their grievance was submitted, he was displeased with those who had caused it
15. and issued an order to the present military governor,
16. those who will be governors in future,
17. the ... and the officials,
18. forbidding them to interfere with what belongs to the monks, such as corn, barley,
19. other grain, palm-trees and their fruit, vineyards and their fruit, the wine which is pressed out;
20. and the provisions which they keep ready for their visitors,
21. according to their custom and habit,
22. or to ask from them things as loan or otherwise.
23. Those who dare to do so after the present expression of our displeasure will meet with punishment
24. which will teach them better and
25. which will be an example for others.
26. Let all the amirs, the governors (may God give them peace and preserve them),
27. and the officials who read this,
28. or to whom this is read,
29. take cognizance of this order and act accordingly, and beware of contravening
30. or transgressing it. Let it be kept by its deliverer,
31. after its contents have been obeyed, if God wills.
32. Written this third day of Rajab, in the year Five-hundred and Twenty-nine.
33. Praise be to God alone, and may God bless our lord Muḥammad, His prophet, and his family,
34. the pure Imams, and may He give them peace.
35. God is sufficient for us; how excellent a Keeper is He!

 

Registration marks (between lines 30 and 31), right side

1. It has been copied; praise be to God, Him I take as my help.

Left Side

 

1. It has been copied in the Office of the Inspection of the Frontier fortresses
2. (may God protect them) and the noble al-Tur;
3. Praise be to God alone.

Registration marks between lines 31 and 32

 

1. It has been copied in the Office of the Inspection of the Eastern Province.