State document: T-S Ar.34.197

State document T-S Ar.34.197

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T-S Ar.34.197

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Petition, draft, from an ex-government servant asking for work, from the period of the Fatimid caliph al-Ḥākim (996–1021) or possibly earlier. Recto, from later reuse: tax receipt in the hand of Mikhaʾil b. ʿAbd al-Masīḥ (see separate entry).

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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TS Arabic Box 34, f. 197; TS Arabic Box 34, fol. 197
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In PGP since 2016
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T-S Ar.34.197 verso

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Marina Rustow, Anna Bailey and Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2024).

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  1.   عـ[ـبدها ]

  2. [بسم الله ا]لرحمن الرحيم

  3. [عبدها ومملوكها ينهـ]ـي الى جلالها حرس الله عزها وضاعف سعدتها

  4. [وكبت حسادها وضعفها] وينهي انه من جملة خدامه وممن شمله

  5. [رحمتها ورافتها و]ليس لعبدها احد يتشفع به

  6. [   ] وحسن نظره فيه وهو يسل

  7. [من فضلها ونعمتها] خدمة يسـ[ـتعين]بها على عائلته

Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S Ar.34.197. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/30827/, accessed May 21, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/30827/