State document: T-S Ar.42.129

State document T-S Ar.42.129

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Shelfmark
T-S Ar.42.129
Primary Language
Arabic

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Petition from a woman to a high dignitary or perhaps to al-Malik al-ʿĀdil himself (one reigned 1200–18 and another reigned 1238–40) in a rudimentary hand. She seems to be appealing for redress against a Christian tax farmer named Abū l-Fakhr and an intricate network of his family members, including his son, his brother Abū Saʿīd, Abū Saʿīd's wife, and possibly also 2 women (slaves?) named Aqrān and ʿAlam. They are behaving in a high-handed way in the hoarding of money, saying things that shouldn't be said, and something involving timber. Concludes with a lengthy curse on anybody who comes into possession of this petition and fails to convey it to al-ʿĀdil and apprise him of its contents. Ed. Tamer el-Leithy, Marina Rustow and Naïm Vanthieghem (December 2016). (Information from TL, MR, NV, AA, and ASE.)

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 42, f. 129; TS Arabic Box 42, fol. 129
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S Ar.42.129 1r

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T-S Ar.42.129 1v

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1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.42.129. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/21098/ (accessed October 14, 2026).