Two petitions to a Fatimid judge. The first concerns the incarceration of the family breadwinner, a certain Ḥabīb. An endorsement fixed to the end of …
The group of slaves, the old among them and the young, have appealed to God, praise be to him, and to the glorious and lofty presence of the elder,
may God protect his power from others, make happiness eternal in his courtyard and establish the bounties that are bestowed upon him and upon others, and (have appealed) tohis religiosity to grant what they yearn for
and put an end to their poverty by releasing their aforementioned son, Ḥabīb, taking into consideration the good deeds to the members of minority communities and the dhimmīs that God has caused him to perform, he (God) having endeared them to him and caused him to act kindly
to them, and also his efforts to treat everyone in a way that pleases God, praise be to him, for the sake of God, the exalted.