P.HindsNubia = P.Alqab 15 = P.AbuSafiyyaRisalatMusa = P.BlauHandbook p. 57 (sm) TEXT

Kind:Official letter, administrative document
Title:An eighth-century Arabic Letter to the king of Nubia; A Letter from the Governor of Egypt to the king of Nubia and Muqurra concerning Egyptian-Nubian relations in 141/758
Origin:Qaṣr Ibrīm / 1916
Date:758-758
Material:papyrus
Width [cm]:54
Height [cm]:265
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Please quote as follows: Metz, Sebastian. "Markup of document P.HindsNubia = P.Alqab 15 = P.AbuSafiyyaRisalatMusa = P.BlauHandbook p. 57. Kaplony, Andreas. Description of subtype min ... ʾilà ... ʾammā baʿd fa-... (no eulogy). In: The Arabic Papyrology Database: Typology (www.naher-osten.lmu.de/apd) (2026-11-07)

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A1. “This is a document from X”, “From X to Y greetings”, min ... ʾilà ... ʾammā baʿd fa-... (no eulogy) Full printable view
01_Invocation
01_Basmala
02_Prologue
01_Sender
02_Addressee
03_Greetings
04_Doxology
03_Main part
01_Transitional element
06_Exposition
07_Disposition
09_Istiṯnāʾ
04_Final protocol
02_Greetings
03_Scribe
04_Date
1bi-smi ăl-lāhi ăr-raḥmāni ăr-raḥīmi
2min mūsà bni kaʿb:in ʾilà *** ṣāḥibi muqurraẗa wa-nūbaẗa salām:un ʿalà
3ʾawliyāʾi ăl-lāhi wa-ʾahli ṭāʿati-hi *** wa-ʾaḥmadu ʾilay-himi ăl-lāha ăllaḏī
4lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa
5ʾammā baʿdu qad ʿarafta ăllaḏī ṣūliḥtum ʿalay-hi wa-ăllaḏī ǧaʿaltum ʿalà
6ʾanfusi-kum mina ăl-wafāʾi bi-hi fa-ʾaḥraztum bi-ḏālika dimāʾa-kum wa-ʾamwāla-kum ʾin
7ʾantum wafaytum wa-ăl-lāhu tabāraka wa-taʿālà yaqūlu fī kitābi-hi ʾawfū
8bi-ʿahdi ăl-lāhi ʾiḏā ʿāhadtum wa-lā tanquḍū ăl-ʾīmāna baʿda
9tawkīdi-hā wa-qad ǧaʿaltumu ăl-lāha ʿalay-kum kafīl:an ʾinna ăl-lāha
10yaʿlamu mā tafʿalūna wa-qāla ʾawfū bi-ʿahd-ī ʾūfu bi-ʿahdi-kum
11wa-ʾiyyā-ya fa-ĭrhabū-ni wa-qad wafaynā la-kum bi-ăllaḏī ǧaʿalnā la-kum ʿalay-nā mina ăl-kaffi
12ʿan dimāʾi-kum wa-ʾamwāli-kum wa-ʿarafta ʾamna-kum fī bilādi-nā
13wa-sukūna-kum ḥayṯu ʾaḥbabtum min-hā wa-ĭḫtilāfa tuǧǧāri-kum ʾilay-nā lā yaṣilu
14ʾilay-him min-nā ẓulm:un wa-lā ġašm:un wa-lā yuʿtadà ʿalà ʾaḥad:in mimman qibala-nā min-kum
15wa-lā yumnaʿu min ḥaqqi-hi wa-lā yuḥālu bayna tuǧǧāri-kum wa-bayna mā ʾarādū ʾāminīna
16muṭmaʾinnīna ḥayṯu salakū min bilādi-nā wafāʾ:an bi-ʿahdi-nā wa-ṣidq:an li-qawli-nā
17wa-ʾīmān:an bi-rabbi-nā wa-taṣdīq:an li-nabiyyi-nā
18wa-ʾantum fī-mā bayna-nā wa-bayna-kum ʿalà ġayri ḏālika lā tuʾaddūna ʾilay-nā
19mā ʿalay-kum mina ăl-baqṭi ăllaḏī ṣūliḥtum ʿalay-hi wa-lā taruddūna man ʾabaqa
20ʾilay-kum min ʾariqqāʾi-nā wa-lā yaʾmanu fī-kum tuǧǧāru-nā wa-lā tuʿaǧǧilūna tasrīḥa
21rusuli-nā ʾilay-nā wa-ʾanta taʿrifu ʾanna ʾahla ăl-ʾadyāni kulli-hā
22wa-ăl-milali ăllaḏīna lā yaʿrifūna rabb:an wa-lā yuʾminūna bi-baʿṯ:in wa-lā yarǧūna ṯawāb:an
23wa-lā yuḫāfūna ʿiqāb:an lā yahǧumūna tāǧir:an wa-lā yaḥbisūna rasūl:an
24wa-ʾanta tuẓhiru li-ʾahli millati-ka ăl-ʾīmāna bi-ăllaḏī ḫalaqa
25ăs-samawāti wa-ăl-ʾarḍa wa-mā bayna-humā wa-tuʾminu bi-ʿīsà bni maryama wa-bi-kitābi-hi
26wa-tuẓhiru ăl-ʿadla la-hum wa-ăl-ʿamala bi-ăl-ḥaqqi wa-ʿamalu-kum fī-mā bayna-nā
27wa-bayna-kum muḫālif:un li-mā tuẓhiru fa-qad ʾatā-kum tāǧir:un min tuǧǧāri ʾahli
28baladi-nā yuqālu la-hu saʿd:un qad ḏahaba bi-ʾamwāl:in kaṯīraẗ:in zāʾiġ:an
29bi-hā min ʾahli-hā fa-ḥabastumū-hu qibala-kum wa-ḥultum bayna-hu wa-bayna man yaṭlubu-hu bi-ḥaqq:in
30wa-manaʿtumū-hu min-hu wa-baʿaṯa ʾilay-kum raǧul:un min ʾahli ʾaswāna yuqālu la-hu
31muḥammadu bnu zayd:in tāǧir:an la-hu fī tiǧārati-hi wa-ṭalaba ḥuqūq la-hu fa-ĭḥtabastumū-hu
32wa-mā kāna maʿa-hu mina ăl-māli fa-kataba ʾilay/ʾilà-ya/ø ʿāmil-ī
33ʿalà ʾaswāna yaḏkuru ʾanna-hu kataba ʾilà ḫalīfati-ka
34fī-hi fa-kataba ʾilay-hi ḫalīfatu-ka yasalu-hu ʾan yabʿuṯa ʾilay-hi muḥammada
35bna zayd:in ṣāḥiba ḏālika ăt-tāǧiri li-yastaḫlifa-hu ʿalà mā kāna maʿa-hu mina
36ăl-māli fa-baʿaṯa-hu ʾilay-hi fī rahṭ:in mina ăl-muslimīna fa-ḍaraba-hu ḍarb:an
37sayyiʾ:an wa-kasara yada-hu wa-ḥabasa-hu ṯalāṯa layāl:in ʿinda-hu ḥattà ẓanna ʾanna-hu qātilu-hu
38ṯumma ḫallà sabīla-hu fa-daʿā-hu salmu bnu sulaymāna ʿāmil-ī ʿalà ʾaswāna bi-ăl-bayyinaẗi
39ʿalà wuṣūli tāǧiri-hi ʾilay-kum wa-ʿalà mā ṣanaʿa bi-hi ḫalīfatu-ka
40fa-ʾatā-hu bi-rahṭ:in mina ăl-muslimīna ʿudūl:in min sukkāni ʾaswāna fa-šahidū
41la-hu bi-mā ḏakara min ʾamri-hi wa-ʾamri tāǧiri-hi wa-kataba ʾilay-ya bi-ḏālika kulli-hi
42wa-baʿaṯa ʾilay-ya muḥammada bna zayd:in ṣāḥiba ḏālika ăt-tāǧiri fa-wāfà
43qudūma baṭraẗa rasūli-ka ʾilay-nā fa-ǧamaʿtu bayna-humā wa-maʿa baṭraẗa
44rahṭ:un min ʾahli millati-ka fa-ḏakarū ʾanna-hum
45ẓannū ḥīna ʾaḫaḏū-hu ʾanna-hu mimman kāna yuġīru ʿalay-him mina ăl-buǧaẗa
46fa-ʾamartu ġawṯa/ʿawna bna sulaymāna qāḍī ʾahli miṣra ʾan yanẓura fī ʾamri-him
47ṯumma taḥammaltum ʿalà miṯli mā taḥammala ʿalay-hi ăn-nāsu mina ăl-ḥaqqi wa-ăl-ʿadli
48fa-qaḍà ʿalà baṭraẗa ʾan yarudda ḏālika ăt-tāǧira wa-mā kāna maʿa-hu mina
49ăl-māli ʾin kāna ḥayy:an wa-ʾin kāna qad qutila fa-ʿalay-kum diyatu-hu
50ʾalfu dīnār:in
51wa-baʿaṯa ʾilay-kum salm:un rasūl:an la-hu munḏu tisʿaẗi ʾašhur:in wa-rasūl:an munḏu ʾarbaʿaẗi
52ʾašhur:in fa-ḥabastumū-hum maʿa-mā ʿinda-kum mina ʾariqqāʾi ʾahli ăl-ʾislāmi
53wa-ʾahli ḏimmati-nā wa-mā ʿalay-kum mina ăl-baqṭi fa-ʾinna-hu qad ḏakara
54l-ī ʾanna ʿalay-kum baqṭa sinīna lam tuʾaddū-hu wa-mā baʿaṯtum bi-hi mina ăl-baqṭi
55baʿaṯtum bi-mā lā ḫayra fī-hi bayna ʾaʿwara ʾaw ʾaʿraǧa ʾaw kabīr:in ḍaʿīf:in
56ʾaw ṣabiyy:in ṣaġīr:in
57fa-ŭnẓur fī-mā katabtu ʾilay-ka bi-hi wa-ʿaǧǧil
58ăl-baʿṯaẗa ʾilay-nā bi-mā baqiya ʿalay-kum mina ăl-baqṭi li-s-sinīna ăllatī
59qibala-kum wa-lā tabʿuṯ bi-mā lā ḫayra fī-hi fa-lā naqbalu-hu wa-ŭbʿuṯ
60ʾilay-nā bi-tāǧiri muḥammadi bni zayd:in wa-bi-mā kāna maʿa-hu mina ăl-māli ʾillā ʾin
61yakūna qad qutila fa-tabʿuṯa bi-ʾalfi dīnār:in diyata-hu wa-bi-mā kāna maʿa-hu
62min māl:in wa-ŭbʿuṯ ʾilay-nā saʿd:ana ăt-tāǧira ăllaḏī qibala-kum wa-lā tuʾaḫḫir
63min ḏālika šayʾ:an ʾin kuntum tuḥibbūna ʾan nafiya la-kum bi-ʿahdi-nā
64wa-nakūna ʿalà mā kunnā ʿalay-hi mina ăli-ĭstiqāmaẗi la-kum wa-ʿaǧǧil
65ḏālika wa-lā tuʾaḫḫir-hu wa-ʾin ʾanta lam tamtaṯil raʾaytu fī-mā
66bayn-ī wa-bayna-kum raʾy ʾin šāʾa ăl-lāhu fa-ʾin-nī qad ʾaḥbabtu ʾan ʾaʿḏira
67ʾilay-kum wa-ʾattaḫiḏa ăl-ḥuǧǧaẗa ʿalay-kum wa-ăs-salāmu ʿalà ʾawliyāʾi
68ăl-lāhi wa-ʾahli ṭāʿati-hi wa-kataba maymūn:un yawma ăl-ʾaḥadi
69li-ĭṯnatay ʿašraẗa laylaẗ:an baqiyat min raǧabi sanaẗi ʾiḥdà wa-ʾarbaʿīna wa-miʾaẗ:in