State document: CUL Or.1081 1.2
State document CUL Or.1081 1.2Tags
Description
Petition from Abū l-Ḥasan b. Dāwūd to a Fatimid dignitary. The petitioner is a poor young man, whose father died destitute and left him only some pieces of furniture, which Abū l-Ḥasan would now like to sell. Dating: ca. 12th century. On verso there is a Judaeo-Arabic text on Jewish law divided into numbered paragraphs, regarding marriage contracts and mentioning Rabbi Shimʿon and the Mishna. (Information from CUDL)
Edition: Khan, Geoffrey
Translation: Khan, Geoffrey (in English)
CUL Or.1081 1.2 1r
Transcription
Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).Recto
- المملوك
- طاهر بن اسحق
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- عبد الحضرة السامية الاجلية العلية الاكرم الاسفهسلار الاشرف
- المقدم المكرم الامير بها الدين ذخرية السلاطين مختار الدولة
- وفارسها خالصة امير المومنين ادام الله الامتاع ببقاية واحسن
- الدفاع عن حوابيه وزاد في حراسة مجده وعلايه وامتع
- امير المومنين بدوام عزه واطالة بقايه وينهي انه رجل
- صعلوك غريب الدار من اهل ثغر الاسكندرية حرسها الله تعالى
- وكان قد استجار حانوت بها في دار لنصرانى واوفى اجرتها
- الي اخر المدة التي في الاجرة واوفي ما عليه من جميع الاجرة
- ولم يبقى عليه شيا والمملوك قد قصد باب الله سبحانه ويس{ل}
- المولا بحمله على تقضى الشرع والعدل والانصاغ وان
- يخلي عن المملوك ليجد السبيل الى قيامته علي عايلته واطفاله وجمع
- شمله بهم انعاما عليه واحسانا اليه { }.... ان شا الله تعالى
- والحمد لله وحده وصلواته على سيدنا محمد نبينا وسلم تسليما
Right margin
- ووراثة المملوك [
- بان يباع الوراـ[ـثة]
Translation
Geoffrey Khan, Arabic Legal and Administrative Documents in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).-
His servant and slave,
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Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Dāʾūd
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In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.
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The slave of the lofty, mighty, much-sought-after presence, the leader, may God establish
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his glory, consolidate his good fortune and destroy his hater and his opponent, kisses
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[the ground before] his feet and reports to his magnificence that he is a poor young man
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[ ]the blessed [ ] under his auspicious supervision. The father of the slave
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[ ] his possessions and became poor and destitute. Poverty caused him to take refuge
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outside of Cairo to seek sustenance.
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The slave was unaware of the situation of his father and his destitution and heard no news of him until now.
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He left a few items of furniture and the wife of the slave's father said [ ]
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[ ] the slave its truth and what he left
Margin
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and the inheritance of the slave [ ]
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that the inheritance may be sold [ ]
CUL Or.1081 1.2 1v
