State document: JRL Gaster ar. 440

State document JRL Gaster ar. 440

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Shelfmark
JRL Gaster ar. 440
Editors
Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (2023).
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Primary Language
Arabic

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Historical shelfmarks
John Rylands Library, Manchester, Gaster Collection, Arabic Series 440
Input date
In PGP since 2021

Description

Presumably a draft of a letter of appointment for a scribe to the central chancery. ʿAbd al-Ghanī b. Muḥammad al-Kātib is appointed as a scribe in the dīwān al-inshā wa l-mukātabāt in Miṣr.

JRL Gaster ar. 440 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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Transcription

Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2023).
  1. خــــــــــدمة
  2. عبد الغني بم محمد الكاتب بديواني
  3. الانشا والمكاتبات اسعدين //في// مصر //في// شهور سنة 
  4. اربع [[وثما]]وثمانين وخمس مائة

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