State document: T-S AS 176.30

Description

Fragment of an administrative document, probably a report, concerning the finances of the dīwān al-aḥbās. The recto mentions the Bayt al-Māl and refers to sums derived from the aḥbās after deducting their regular expenses (بعد إزاحة الغلة في نفقاتها الراتبة), probably referring to crops/harvest here. It states that 300 dinars were to go to the Dīwān al-Aḥbās in Miṣr (إلى ديوان الأحباس بمصر ثلثماية دينارا), apparently on condition that an existing regular disbursement be maintained in full and without diminution (على تمامه وكماله من غير نقص منه). The end of the recto refers to a caliphal ʿalāma that ratified this document/order. The verso contains a registration note mentioning the Dīwān al-Majlis al-Ḥāfiẓī al-Saʿīd and a written record of what had been allocated or expended by that dīwān (كتب بذكر ما بذل عليه ديوان المجلس). The mention of al-Majlis al-Ḥāfiẓī dates this document to the reign of al-Ḥāfiẓ (1132–49). The verso also has some scribal exercises, possibly from a learner copying the text of the original document.