State document: UU 940
State document UU 940Tags
Description
Beginning of a petition to the Fatimid caliph al-Ḥākim.
Edition: Umrethwala, Yusuf
Translation: Umrethwala, Yusuf (in English)
UU 940 recto
Transcription
Yusuf Umrethwala, unpublished editions (n.p., 2023).- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- سلام الله وبركاته وافضل تحياته ونوامي زكواته على الامام
- الحاكم بامر الله امير المومنين على ابايه الطاهرين وسلم تسليما
- عبد امير المومنين سلام الله على امير المومنين رجل من اهل
- الستر والصيابة ولى مواضع محبسة علي وعلى أهلهم
Translation
Yusuf Umrethwala, unpublished translations (n.p., 2023).- In the name of God, the merciful and compassionate
- The blessings of God, and his benedictions and best greetings and increased benefactions be upon the imām
- al-Ḥākim bi-Amr Allah, commander of the faithful and on his pure ancestors and peace.
- The slave of the commander of the faithful, blessings be upon the commander of the faithful, is a man
- of righteous background, who oversaw the prisons(?)..and on its people