מסמך שלטוני: T-S Ar.42.194
מסמך שלטוני T-S Ar.42.194תגים
תיאור
Petition to addressed to a noble woman, probably the Fatimid empress Sitt al-Mulk given the honorifics. In Arabic script. Written in two columns. The petitioner mentions bringing something to the treasury or a government warehouse (al-khizāna al-maʿmūra bi-dāʾim al-ʿizz) and asks for charity or at least a charitable act (al-ṣadaqa). On verso there is a very faded text in Hebrew (a prayer?).
Edition: Elbaum, Alan; Rustow, Marina; Umrethwala, Yusuf
Translation: Rustow, Marina; Elbaum, Alan; Umrethwala, Yusuf (in English)
T-S Ar.42.194 1r
תיעתוק
Alan Elbaum, Marina Rustow and Yusuf Umrethwala, unpublished editions (n.p., 2023).Recto
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مملوك مولاتنا خلد الله ملكها
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الخلف(؟)
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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عبد مولاتنا السيدة الشـ[ـريفة]
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الملكة حرس الله ملكها وحرس عزها
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وادام ملكها وسلطانها
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ينهي الى الحضرة الشريفة \\حرس الله عزها\\ قضية (alt:قصور)
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حاله وضعفه وانه كان قد
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حمل الى الخزانة المعمورة بدائم العز
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على يد عبدها لاحق
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……من و….الثمن ثلث دينار
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وعبدها ضعيف فقير
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[ ]ولمولاتنا
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خلد الله ملكها
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صدقات ومعروف
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ومملوك مولاتنا خلد الله ملكها
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يتضرع الى مكانتها
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في الصدقة عليه بذلك
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ولمولاتنا خلد الله ملكها
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عالي الراي في
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[ذلك ان شا الله]
תרגום
Marina Rustow, Alan Elbaum and Yusuf Umrethwala, unpublished translations (n.p., 2023).-
The slave of our mistress, may God make her reign eternal
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(al-Khalaf?)
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In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.
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The slave of our mistress, the noble, royal
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lady, may God make her reign eternal and protect her glory
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and prolong her reign and her power,
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informs the noble presence, may God protect her glory,
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of his situation and his weakness, and that he
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brought to the prosperous (i.e., government) warehouses (or endowed treasury)
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by the hand of her slave, to the more entitled
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……..,the price of three dinars.
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Her slave is weak and poor
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[ ] Our mistress,
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may God make her reign eternal,
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is charitable and beneficent/equitable.
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The servant of our mistress, may God make her reign eternal,
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begs for favor before the seat of our lady
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To our mistress, may God make her reign eternal,
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belongs the lofty opinion in
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[this, if God wills.]
T-S Ar.42.194 1v
