State document: T-S AS 185.111

State document T-S AS 185.111

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T-S AS 185.111
Primary Language
Arabic

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Fragment of official correspondence concerning the administration of Upper Egypt. The first four lines are mostly preserved. "It is necessary to write a noble letter (kitāb karīm) to the administrator (mutawallī) of the [...] in Qūṣ in which it is conveyed that the area known as Abnūd neighboring the iqṭāʿ of [. . .] al-Murtaḍā al-Saʿīd Ṣifwat al-Khilāfa. . . ." Reused on verso for Hebrew text in rudimentary hand, and some Arabic jottings.

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Mentioned
Abnūd, Qūṣ

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2023
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T-S AS 185.111 recto

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recto
Yusuf Umrethwala's digital edition (2025).
  1. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
  2. يحتاج الى كتب كتاب كريم الى متولي الخر[]من.. قوص
  3. يُشعر فيه ان الناحية المعروفة بابنود الجارية في اقطاع
  4. ]صبير(؟) الاجليين الجليين المرتضى السعيد صفوة الخلافة
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S AS 185.111. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/37949/ (accessed November 7, 2025).