State document: T-S H3.63

State document T-S H3.63

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Shelfmark
T-S H3.63
Document Date
Primary Language
Arabic

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Historical shelfmarks
TS Box H, 3, f. 63; TS H, 3, fol. 63; TS Box H, 3, fol. 63; TS H, 3, f. 63
Input date
In PGP since 2022

Description

Official letter. Maybe a petition? Dated 4 Shaʿbān 566 (or 567 or 568?) AH, which is 12 April 1171 CE, if read correctly. The tarjama refers to the sender as from "al-dīwān al-shamsī al-saʿīd"—potentially a bureaucrat in the service of Shams al-Dīn Turanshah (Saladin's brother). After the date, refers to a sum of money. On verso there is Hebrew piyyut.

https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/35719/