State document: ENA 3974.4

The servant and slave 

Manṣūr ibn Salāma from among the people of Sindiyūn.

In the name of God, the Merciful and Compassionate. 

The blessings and benedictions of God, and his increasing benefactions and most excellent greetings upon our lord and master the imām al-Āmir 

bi-Aḥkām Allāh, Commander of the Faithful, and upon his pure ancestors and his noble sons. The slave kisses the ground

before the most noble presence, may God double its lights and exalt its beacon, and reports that mercy and compassion embraces

everybody and that the father of the slave has been silent in the countryside in Maḥallat Salīm ibn Sahl and has gone away from his hometown. The slave has 

in the district known as Sandiyūn of the province of al-Muzāḥamiyya a house enclosure, which used to belong to his mother. She has died and the slave has succeeded her ⟦and he asks⟧ 

and he has continued to dwell in it, and nobody has been found who has a greater right to it than he. So, he makes a request in humility from the all-embracing mercies and generous kindnesses for a noble rescript (to be written) on the back of his petition to the prosperous judge 

in charge of jurisdiction in al-Maḥalla and the surrounding region, with a copy to be deposited in his (i.e., the petitioner’s) hand, (instructing him) to register (the house enclosure) as the property of the slave, in the way of property that has been certified as valid with him, thus vindicating his right so that he may live in these splendid days,

thus showibg him benificence and kindness. To our lord, God’s blessings be upon him, belongs the exalted opinion in this matter, if God wills.

Praise be to God alone, and his blessings and peace upon our Lord Muḥammad our prophet and his family

The servant and slave

Manṣūr ibn Ṣadaqa from the people of Sindiyyūn.

In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.

The blessings and benedictions of God and his increasing benefactions and most excellent greetings upon our lord and master the imām al-Āmir 

bi-Aḥkām Allāh, Commander of the Faithful, and upon his pure ancestors and his noble sons. The slave kisses the ground

before the most noble presence, may God double his lights and exalt his beacon, and reports that mercy and compassion have embraced

everyone, and that the father of the slave has been a ḍāmin in the countryside in Maḥallat Salīm ibn Sahl and has left his hometown, and that the slave

has a house enclosure in the district known as Sindiyyūn, in the province of al-Muzāḥamiyya, that \\used to// belong to his mother. She has died, and the slave is her heir. He asks 

\\He has lived there continuously, and no one has more right to it than he. He asks// and beseeches (him of) the all-embracing mercies and generous kindnesses for a noble rescript (to be written) on the back of his petition to the qāḍī al-muwaffaq 

with jurisdiction over al-Maḥalla and the surrounding region, \\with a copy to be deposited in his (the petitioner’s) hand//, instructing him to register the slave’s property \\in the manner in which property is registered with him as valid,// thus conveying his right to him, so that he may live in these splendid days,

as a benefaction and a favor to him. To our lord, God’s blessings be upon him, belongs the exalted opinion in this matter, if God wills.

Praise be to God alone, and his blessings and peace upon our lord Muḥammad, our prophet, and his family.