Public Documents from Sinnar

Document 42: Charter of Husayn b. Muhammad Abu Likaylik

DOCUMENT 42 Document 42 is an originating charter issued by the Regent I:Iusayn b. MuJ:tammad Abu Likaylik to Faqih AJ:tmad b. 'Isa on 27 Rabi' II 1235/12 February 1820, bestowing upon him the estate of Umm I:Iawaya. For the controversial relationship between Doc. 42 and another grant of the same property by MuJ:tammad b. 'Adlan b. MuJ:tammad Abu Likaylik, see the introduction to Doc. 35. The text has been taken by Dr. Abu Salim from a copy in the handwriting of the early twentieth-century Sudanese historian MuJ:tarnmad 'Abd al-RaJ:tim.l The copyist has omitted some of the opening protocols. The witness roster bears examination as the last evidence concerning the state of government in Sinnar on the eve of the Turkish conquest.2 ~J..,..JI .J\;.... ~...I....) ~I .Jl:JJ~ ~.r 0.Jr-- ~).. ~J J ~lJ....l.... ~ l.. J ~ V'"'i l..:--..n fbJ' ~I.:. J ~l:i .dJ1.. ~.r- IJJ Jl...:i ~I ~I ~I ~Ir- J ul..)1 J:J..:.j ~~I .;)(11 J ~.:.~I 4 1 ~I ..,..~I j..;Sl1 j.r>J1 Iti ..illl~ ~I)I ulJ..Wl ~ U":"'I J ul:-UJI J ~I J ..;Sll jAl .roM J JJJ~I JI ,.. ~I Vi v:- ~I J"'.J)I ~I J:,~I uti ~ J ~I .:r Iti LL .);.1..:.11 J ~)I ~.:u. ~ .....Al:i .:r JS" ..::.~ ~ ~I Vi ..l...>1 ~I if JJ....o..:j ~ ~I J"'.J)I .J~I ..\:).1 .JJ.r.11 ).:. .; ..,..1?1 J J..,.....) J ~ U"'"- l+,:l: .:r J ~Ir jl ).:. .; ~ti)1 ~ J ~jJ J J ~ ~ ~I .;1 ()A ~I ~ ~ J JL. ~ ~ ~ j.r.! J ..,..1.:l1 Y. J ~ L. J v'".J~1 ~I ~f.. u l JI ~)) JI ~)) ()A ~Y)r: W--J'; ~jJ J .;JI ~ 0.r.A- ~I ~ ()A lA~ ':'y'\..~JI J W-:JI to).... )JJI J ~.JI)I ~ ~I ~ ()A J ....i.:-JI ~ .:r ~WI ~ ()A J Jb..,:; t..rJ1 ..,....;AJI ~ ()A 234 DOCUMENT 42 235 J ISl. ~.".wl lA.)J~ oJ.,,5'l!1 ).l.ll ..::.oJl... J .).J'.\~I .::+-'1 .:J~ ~I "':'J.) J ~.)WI ~I J J~I ~ V" U-. ~J.l... ~ ~I O'! ~I ~ ~r J ..ul J..;.,i .l.lJ ~J l...~ J ~lP.J1 J (,,:!.)li1I J (r-!JI ~ ~ ~ .)$;. V" J ~.wJ1 a~ d-A ~ ~I '1 ~WI rlii JI .~ V" !.S'~ V" J "-:~ V" J~I r' .J~IJ .:J:4l1 ~ d-..r ..\Ai alA ~J J IlA 15'% ~ ~ d-~ ~ '1.1 V"): '1. ~~IJ UI~I L2J-I1 ~ J ~ u...L.JI V::" I W.J lA .l.lJ ..::.0 JJ[, ~I ~;; t::r V::"'jI .l.lJ.r'"I:. ~I J ~I t::r J~ .l.lJ ~L.:J..... ~I J ir.;1 i::;:.!. ~~ ~I J ~I tr' J? ~I J ~ tr' ~.;aJ1 ~ ~I J ( ~~I t::r )J.rli .l.lJ ~ ~I J .illI ')J tr' U"'"'.J.)I ')J ~ ~I J 1ftW,) tr' J~ .l.lJ ~'jJ..p ~I J ~'jJ..p ~ ",:,L.;'jl J ~ ~I .l.lJ r-I:i J ~.)4 ')J ..r'J'" ",:,4..,'11 J v:-- ~I ~ ",:,L.;'jl J ~J ",:,4..,'11 J U"'"'.J.) I "':'4J'jI J ~'jJ..p ~I ~~I ..ul C!.) ",:,L.;'jl J ~....Y I-"~I ~ ",:,L.;'jl J i;Y ~ .J.J,~:.!I J rL...!. .l.lJ ~ ~ J ~I ¥ Ji~1 ¥J 236 DOCUMENT 42 ~I .Jl+o .ill.:. .J"~ I~ .JJ4 ~ .J ..\.AI.!..J ...,..:;IS' ~WI ..\.0>.,.0 ~I ...,..:;LS:JI .J J- rfll A.# U'" \ T\"o ~.J~ U'" ~l!JI t;:'.J ~ U'" uP- .;r..rs- .J c::-1 r1- .J ~ .JJI A sultanic charter and royal document, written and approved in the Funj territories, in the divinely guarded and protected city of Sinnar, may God Most High exalt her, in the presence of her warden, the master of her far places and near, the governor at the present time of those over her and within her, the honored, revered, respected, and exalted, the dark lion, the most splendid refuge, candlestick of the age and lamp unto the nations, who destroys the people of deceit, wrongdoing, and oppression, amfn of the army of the sultan, he who trusts in God the Eternal, the wazfr Shaykh I:Iusayn b. al-Shaykh Mul).ammad Abu Likaylik. May God grant him victory. Amen. To the presence of all who read this document and see the truth...