State document: T-S Ar.38.113

State document T-S Ar.38.113

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T-S Ar.38.113
Primary Language
Arabic

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Petition. In Arabic script. Dating: Perhaps Mamluk-era based on handwriting and format, but that is a guess. The addressee is Shams al-Dīn [...] b. Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Nāṣir al-Dīn [...]. The petitioner is a physician or surgeon, expert in blood-letting, enema-giving, fresh wounds (al-jurḥ al-ṭarīʾ), and yellow-bilious boils (al-damāmil al-ṣafrāʾ). He is asking for a license to practice his trade. He concludes, "Let the [response] be recorded in the noble registers (al-ṣaḥāʾif al-karīma)." There is a rescript in the right margin: "I have granted his request" (adhantu lahū fī dhālika). (Information in part from Baker/Polliack catalogue.) ASE

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Geniza
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Historical shelfmarks
TS Arabic Box 38, f. 113; TS Arabic Box 38, fol. 113
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In PGP since 2019
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T-S Ar.38.113 1r

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T-S Ar.38.113 1v

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.38.113. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/20708/ (accessed October 15, 2026).