State document: AIU IX.A.3

Description

Likely a decree to a lower official, to judge by the sloppy hand. The section toward the end contains inshallāh, then kutiba, with the date ripped off, as is nearly universally the case with decree fragments. The text is mostly not arranged in horizontal lines but is more sporadic, with some sections written in larger script than others. The name ʿAbd al-Malik al-[...] appears in the upper left. One line may mention the end of (salkh) Dhū l-Ḥijja.