State document: ENA NS 47.29

State document ENA NS 47.29

Metadata

Shelfmark
ENA NS 47.29
Primary Language
Arabic

Additional metadata

Historical shelfmarks
ENA NS 47, f. 29; ENA NS 47, fol. 29
Input date
In PGP since 2017

Description

Recto: State document in Arabic script. Dating: No later than 1078/79 CE. Large chancery hand, wide space between the lines. 4 lines preserved here. Opens with fulsome praises for how the caliph has spread justice and comparing him to the sun and the morning star. Confirms the receipt of a decree (wa-inna l-sijilla l-muʿaẓẓama waṣala ḥawāya ʿani l-khidmati l-ṣādira) and that the writer kissed the ground (fa-qabbaltu l-arḍa ijlālan wa-iʿẓāman). Needs further examination.

ENA NS 47.29 2

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Transcription

Translation

ENA NS 47.29 1

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