Scholarship on State document: Moss. IXa,2.37

State document Moss. IXa,2.37
  1. Bibliographic citation
    Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2022).
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    • Digital Edition
  2. Bibliographic citation
    Marina Rustow, [digital geniza document edition].
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Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum, unpublished editions (n.p., 2022).
  1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
  2. المماليك يقبلو الارض بالمقام العالي المولوي الملكي الصالـ[ـحـ]ـي خلد الله
  3. ايامه واجعله منصور ابدا     وينهو ان المماليك العطارين بمصر 
  4. افتقرو من ظلم العرفا في عمارة 〚ا〛بستان الملك الصالح عزه الله وحصل لهم
  5. ما لا يعرف مقداره من قطع المصالحات فطلب منهم رطل من حاجة 
  6. ….] عشرين رطل ويرجعو يبيعوه ولم صبي ىـ[...]ـى يعبر (بغير؟) ..لا…
  7. …..] الدين ثلاثة الاف دينار ما بقي يهودي ولا نصراني
Marina Rustow, [digital geniza document edition].

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  1. In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate. 

  2. The slaves kiss the ground in the lofty, lordly presence of al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ, may God perpetuate

  3. his rule and make him victorious forever, and inform (him) that the slaves, the chemists of Fusṭāṭ,

  4. have been impoverished by the injustice of the notables in the construction of the garden of al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ, may God glorify him. 

  5. Incalculable (damage) has been done to them by the disruption of their business arrangements, since there has been demanded from them a raṭl for the sake of . . . 

  6. . . . 20 raṭls. They are once again selling it . . .  

  7. . . . 3,000 dīnārs. There remained neither a Jew nor a Christian . . .