State document: T-S Ar.35.157

Description

Recto: Official document in Arabic script concerning administration of a district. Phrases include "al-[...] al-marfūʿa min al-aʿmāl.... fī dhālik alladhī uqṭiʿa... min al-jiha al-madhkūra.... in shāʾ allāh... wa-l-ḥamdu lillāh taʿālā(?) wa-ṣalawātuh ʿalā sayyidinā Muḥammad wa-sallama taslīman." Written on top of the inshallah there is another phrase written in a different hand and ink and larger letters: يسفح(؟) باب . . . . مستخدمي الاعمال. Some kind of registration or endorsement? The margins and the spaces between the lines are filled with Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic jottings. Verso: Another document in Arabic script, likely related to recto. In the margins at 90 degrees, in a different hand, possibly another registration or official note possibly reading "bi-rasm (or yursam?) . . al-amr al-ʿālī." Reused for Hebrew jottings. Needs further examination.