State document: T-S NS 297.18

State document T-S NS 297.18

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Shelfmark
T-S NS 297.18
Primary Language
Arabic

Description

Petition addressed to a dignitary. In Arabic script. The petitioner may be named Abū ʿAlī b Abū Bakr al-Bazzāz (the clothier). None of the standard petition formulae are preserved but the petitioner is requested to be appointed in the service of the addressee. "the slave verily desires proximity with the presence [of the addressee] and that he be appointed as one of his servants".

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Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 297.18. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24798/, accessed November 28, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/24798/