State document: T-S AS 177.123

State document T-S AS 177.123

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T-S AS 177.123
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Arabic

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Recto and verso are two distinct petitions, in different hands. Unclear if/how they are related. Recto: Petition for charity apparently from someone under arrest (muʿtaqal), who is ashamed (ووقع وجهه في وجهه واستحى) and asks for something to eat. Verso: Petition from ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq, who calls himself 'al-mamlūk al-Asʿadī al-Sharīf.' He asks the addressee to speak on his behalf to 'al-janāb al-bahāʾi.' The next few lines are damaged and difficult to read. The last surviving line reads, "rather, the intention is my attendance to the Majlis al-Ḥukm...." (Cited in Khan, ALAD, 398, n7, in reference to the usage of "al-majlis al-ḥukm" for court.

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T-S AS 177.123 1r

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Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2023).

Recto

  1. يقبل الارض        وينهـ[ـي
  2. عناية وعد من مملوكه فلوجه الله
  3. كلامه واذا حضر بين يديه وطلب من عـ[
  4. واذا كان المملوك معتقل وسير[
  5. برا ووقع وجهه في وجه المستحيي وعمل بالـ[
  6. وحق صنعة مولانا للمملوك يومـ[
  7. ارا ويحضر له شي ياكله وقد يعا[ 

Right margin (recto)

  1. ذلك ان شا[الله]
  2. الحمد لله وصلواته عـ[ـلى سيدنا محمد]
  3. [وسلم تسليما وحسبي الله ونعم الوكيل]
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital translation (2023).

Recto

  1. Kisses the ground and repo[rts
  2. charity that was promised to the slave. I swear upon God
  3. his words. When he arrived in his presence and sought from [
  4. the slave is under arrest and ..[
  5. wheat(?) and his face is that of an ashamed, and he performed [
  6. it is the duty of our master on his slave ..[
  7. see, and bring him something to eat, because he is [

Right margin (Recto)

  1. That if God wills
  2. Praise be to God, and his blessings be upon [our master Muḥammad]
  3. [and peace. God is sufficient for us, and it is upon him that we rely.]

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