Public Documents from Sinnar

Document 28: Charter of Badi b. Dakin

DOCUMENT 28 Document 28 is an originating charter issued by Sultan Bam v to 'Awac;l aI-Karim "Abu Sinn," Shaykh of the Shukriya, on 12 Rabi' I 1206/9 November 1791. The text has been taken by the editors from a photocopy of the original, which is intact and easily legible.l The grant, probably ordered by the incumbant Regent, Na~ir b. Mul}ammad Abu Likaylik, followed by some years the successful revolt of the Shukriya against the Hamaj in 1193/1779-1780, and acknowledged their de facto independence by bestowing their tribal dar upon the rebel leader. The grant, much larger than any other recorded, included a sizeable portion of the Butana, from about the latitude of the confluence (Wad I:!asuna and Abu Dulayq) southward to al-Luwayqa on the Rahad, between the Blue Nile and the Rahad in the west and the Atbara in the east. The eastern Funj province of aI-Taka hereafter vanished from governmental records, and the claims of the northern provincial governor, the Shaykh of Qarri or Walad 'Ajib, to Dabarki on the Dinder and other southeastern territories was rendered very tenuous.2 ~ l:...1. ~ .J Jr.)I ~ \SjJl ~ .4>J1 ~)I v-)I ~I r-"'I j'J l: .!l.-4 / J,i: .:W~ .;'1}1 .:r.?~ ()/ ~~~I ~~~ ()/ ull.W1 ~..,:.. I.J Jl...:i ~I ~I ~~I JLw... t:.:.4! ~.}o ~.J .J ~UJ.... ~ dW ~I ~.JI.J l:?.J1.»"4 r:liJl v:lWI "':"J / ~ .J v:-J-li uUJ.... 175 176 DOCUMENT 28 v:lWI ~~ J; I ~I J J.1.J1 ~L,J pU J o:L.)1 .l:-' ~..r- J"'"U J o:--WI r-LWI jAl J .)I.:.JI J pi J ~I jAl t"li J ~I ~ .Jul J .)L:-JI ~ .uJ1 d-I u-- ~.)~I .illl~ ,yL,J1 .)L:JI J 3( ~6JJ ) I Jl...:i J ,,6..:- .uJ1 "-.J J .)L-.iJ1 J ~.)~ Ul.b.l..J1 Vi d.) rr.)1 Vi ~.)~ ul.b.l..J1 u WI ~I ul.b.l..J1 Vii ul.b.l..J1 ":".J ~ 0:'"1~ 0:'"1~ 1""'..):11 ~I J ~I ul.;Jl o~ 1-""")1 0-)1 .uJ1 o~ ~ J ¥-II u-- ~ U)o.L:JIJ ~)I o.:u. I ~ .....Ai:I u-- JS" ..:.~ JI v:lWI l..l:i ~Wa..1 Wa..I J I ~I ~.)4 ul.b.l..JI.J~1 .lJ..).1 ..ur.11 ~~I ulW..J1 ul,; ~I ¥. ~ rA:.)'lI1 ..\.0>.0 Vi J; I,SII Vi J; Vi 0- I,SII 1""'..):1I ~.r t=.!JJ \A')J-I> ~I., ~) IS" J ..u)1 ~ J 4l.)wl ~ ~ ~ J I ~ ul:-bl u-- J .uJ1 ~ ....L..rJ1 I ~w o.r,31 ..P'! c.L:-J1 U-- J u....)J1 W ~I U-U -- J ,,~ JJJ .:..r-> dWI ~I J .:;:1.) .J'!I J; dWI ~I ul:-bl JiWI ~.r.'> J ~I ¥. ~ ~..u)1 ..P'! J 4l.)WI ..P'! U-- ~.rJ1 J-li ,,:,,~I v:J. .)JJ.>JI .ill;; J>I.) U-- I 0 J ~ ~!J.i. lo.~ ~ J ~.J l:.>.: uI +,:.i ~jl.:.: 'i .uJ1 ~L.:. l.. JI ":"'.J') ~.:0 J ":"'.J.:0 J ~ ~u ~~ .b.i.i ,,:,,'lI¥1 ~ ~.r J.li o.:u. ~J ~ ~ ~.A U-- J ~.Jt.... ~ !*,".JL..! 'lI J I oL:.. ~ 'lI1 rfi 'lI I ~liJIJ WliJl u--.J~I f .J~I J .!l~ DOCUMENT 28 177 -=-~I.J""; I u l.b.L -.s~ ~ u I..b.L..JI ..I.l.., -illI ¥ u I..b.L..JI .., c:1....y! .ill.. u~.J,; ..I.l.., ~I .!lUI .., ~~~I ~ 5( ••• ) . .>oJ I . • J ....I.l '.>... .:...·11 1.>' U C7"" .r.-" :J..s c::-'" ~)yi11 ~ ~.r>'-" ..I.l.., J; I ~I .., j! ..I.l.., uW; u.l)1 .., yJ- ~...rJ1 ~liIl .., .Jl.,; ..I.l..,).,,:. ~I .., I~ -ill~ ~ .., lr.- ..,...."h: I-"I..H I ~ -illI ..r.ii ..J..,yJl I yb.-. .., ,y 4J..,~1 ~':JI t::!.J -illI ~ ,y .:J.;. I ~ r.r- l;jl.., ~~I .#.ill.l 6( J"~ ) ~1~l....J;/~lo~I,y.....iJ':lI..,~UI~ It.' ~.J~ r)(...JI ~) .., o)(...J I In Thy name, a Generous One. In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Praise be to God, Who sent the messenger. We believe in what he says. He who trusts in the King, the Guide, the son of Dakin, Sultan Badi A sultanic charter and royal document [issued] in the divinely guarded and protected city...