רשומה קשורה ל-מסמך משפטי: T-S NS 96.66

Verso, right column

1. His slave Muslim ibn Abd al-Jabbār.

2. In the name of God, the merciful and compassionte. Registered. 

3. My lord the glorious judge - may God prolong his life

4. and make eternal his power, his exaltedness, his loftiness, his sublimity, his eminence

5. and his majesty, and crush those who envy him and his enemies - has been sent a reply by the two witnesses,

6. reporting to him in order that the truth of what they state in their reply be ratified by

7. a rescript of the exalted, glorious,

8. trustworthy, majestic, resplendent, beautiful, honourable,

9. crowned presence of the judge, support of the commander of the faithful, may God establish his days and give power

10. to his judgments. An ʿalāma was attached to their document, according to the familiar

11. practice in such matters. The contents included mention of the reply given to him by the

12. jurisconsults authorized to make legal decisions concerning the endowment that I granted

13. to my deceased wife Khulla, daughter of Fahd, namely the portion of the said shops mentioned in the document headed by

14. my name, and her acceptance of that from me.

15. This endowment did not leave my possession and remained at my free disposal and in

16. my possession during her lifetime and this woman, to whom the endowment was made,

17. did not ratify it nor take possession of it, nor did she appoint a representative

18. as her agent. The accredited witnesses in the town of al-Fayyūm

19. recognize the validity of what I have stated and testify to its truth. (It is my) request to him to

20. issue a rescript for them, confirming that they recognize this, together with his reply

21. to the substance of it. To him belongs his auspicious and rightly-guided resolution, if God, the exalted, wills.

22. Praise be to God alone and his blessings be upon our lord Muḥammad, the prophet, and save him.

23. Our sufficiency is God. What a fine keeper is he!

     

Verso, left column

1. Praise be to God, in a way that satisfies him.

2. Let the group of accredited witnesses

3. in the town of al-Fayyūm, may God cause their strength to endure, take cognizance

4. of this scroll, both inside and out,

5. and of the rescript issued by the exalted,

6. glorious, trustworthy, majestic,

7. resplendent, beautiful, honourable, crowned presence of the judge, support

8. of the commander of the faithful, may God establish his days and give power

9. to his judgments to me. (This is) pursuant to the reply

10. given to him by the jurisconsults, who are authorized to make legal decisions, may God cause

11. their strength to endure, and by those of them who knew anything

12. concerning what was related by the applicant

13. in his formal request for my rescript,

14. [ ] this [ ] the portion