State document: JRL Gaster ar. 197
State document JRL Gaster ar. 197Tags
Description
Practice of drafting a state document, Ottoman-era. Probably an instance of someone practicing an epistolary address to the Ottoman Sultan rather than an honorific of subordinate-higher up exchange. A probable reading is as follows. سعادتلو مروتلو رأفتلو والعز وقادرم سلطانم حضرتلرى / همواره قربت توفيق عزت و مقارن قبض وعافيت اولملرى وعواقي سياقنده سخوده محبانه مزدركه طرفمزه دركار. A translation of these lines is "My benevolent, generous, gracious, powerful, almighty, Sultan, His Excellency, There is always closeness, progress, strength, associated with and received [by you], and in this context of delay, it is in our friendliness and in munificence that we are occupied [and have been unable to write]." (Information, transcription and translation by Matthew Dudley).
Translation:
JRL Gaster ar. 197 1 / 1 leaf, recto
![1 / 1 leaf, recto 1 / 1 leaf, recto](https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/iiif/ManchesterDev~95~2~182488~208965/full/500,/0/default.jpg)
Transcription
Translation
JRL Gaster ar. 197 1 / 1 leaf, verso
![1 / 1 leaf, verso 1 / 1 leaf, verso](https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/iiif/ManchesterDev~95~2~182489~208966/full/500,/0/default.jpg)