State document: T-S Ar.37.209

State document T-S Ar.37.209

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Recto: State document. In Arabic script, in a chancery hand. The beginnings of 7 lines are preserved. Possibly a decree? Talking about the destruction of the districts. On verso, there are ~8 lines of poetry in Arabic script and 12 in Hebrew script. Both the Arabic and Hebrew poems are headed with "basīṭa." The Hebrew poem is also headed with the name of the melody (ʿalā X) and then "fī nuskhat mawlāyyā al-ḥazan."

T-S Ar.37.209 recto

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Alan Elbaum and Yusuf Umrethwala, unpublished editions (n.p., 2024).
  1. واثاره معروفة في الـ[

  2. النواحي وافعالهم و[

  3. معروف والتي يحـ[

  4. خراب النواحي ولىـ[

  5. الجاري له بسبب الـ[

  6. ذلك ويجهد[

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