[Letter. Official]

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Description
10 lines + 1 line upside down paper 14.8 x 13.5 cm

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Special Collections - Manuscripts C0401: GD 7970 A verso Middle 117-118, Box 27 Item 6 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    Mawlani (Abu?) Muhammad Abd Allah ibn 'Askan. The letter concerns arrears of the agricultural tax (kharaj). The title used for the person indicates that he is the "client" of someone important. The name itself is not distinctive except for the patronymic "Son of Soldier"
    Notes
    • 1 line upside down, written above the bismillahi + some writing in the right margin.
    • Provenance unknown, VI-VII A.H./XII-XIII A.D
    • Arabic.
    Source acquisition
    Gift of Robert Garrett, Class of 1897.
    Publications about
    Unpublished.
    Other title(s)
    Princeton Papyri Collections (C0401): GD 7970 A verso
    OCLC
    1340185557
    Other standard number
    • GD 7970 A verso
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