Public Documents from Sinnar

Document 58: Charter of Nasir b. Muhammad al-Amin

DOCUMENT 58 Document 58 is a confirming charter issued by the northern provincial governor Na~ir b. Mul).ammad al-AlDin to the Awlad D6lib on 27 ~afar 1215/20 July 1800. The text has been taken by the editors from the original.1 The present charter confirms the grant recorded in Doc. 50. v:lWI ..,.j/ .>'1}1 ~1.:r. .....b~1 .:.>:"~I "'-2 , T' L I~ JL...:; ..ul ~I ~I I ~~I ~..} .J~ ~).o ~." ." ~ ~ b~ J!;i~I ." ~I ..::. L.liJ.1 ..,.-l... ~ L.." I ~ ~.J:! fi>.!I." i+.:J.r- Vi I." i+.:J.r- '-:"J'i ~~I "-:!.l...>.11 '"-'..rt4 .!L.::J.I ~.JI ." ""':.) .y I OJ"'UI ~)I ~.)WI ~..I.; rl:1 ..::..l.I..j v:-ol~ ..ul b~ v:-o~1 ..4-. ~I r."...yll Vi.r'l:. I ~I .:r.lWI ~.".tl I .J.".r.11 J;,."..t>J1 uli ~." ~I~ ." ..4-. b~ b.M.... Jl:J 3( ..::..)~ ) I ." ~ u li I o:"~1 .l.-.. ~I ":o!1 V"~." 3( ~ ) ~.r .r'l:. ~1.J."......:l1 ~ .)Y ~)b ~J.....:JI ..:.Ib." I ~.".) ~I illJl Vi ..4-. illJl J .:..,.1I.J.).r.11 5( J.;.yoWl) .) "-4- I '.I .) .J:; '.I .) ~ '.I .) J~ .>....>... ...wI J 0;:-"'.11 .>....>... ~I ~I I ..w L. L..;....I .) I'" .r""i.; jyiJl ~ elL.. jyiJl ~ ~.) ~,) ..u.) ~.)¥WI 6( ~ ~I ..u.) ~I.) ,,:,,~I..ul ~ ...1.0>1 ..u.) ..J. .) II ''''-II . • ,,~ .r.-" ~ i f .) ~l.i.bJ1 I 3( J:.> j..u. ) .;.i.Jl:lI.) I .) ~.) 0;:-"'.11 ~I ')'.1..,1 ~'.I1 ":"~.J'.II .) ........:..)1 ":"~.J'.II .) .J.)I.!. I ":"~.J'.II .) L......... ~~·II ,)'.1 I .J c..-:- .) if ":"~.J I '.II ,)'.1.)1.) .JL......... 0;:-"'.11 .>....>... .) .JJI ~ ~I I ,)'.1.)1.) v:--'.I1 ~I.) I .r""i.; .) DOCUMENT 58 ~ / ..1.0.>1 J ~J 323 / vS'JFI ~~ J •..wl ..l..::-' ~ J •..,.-.;. / .ill.) .Jy -.$""-';' ~W I 0'! ~I / ...;0Y ~ .Jy>ll J ~':I ~I$JI J ..l..a.; ~~ ~ ~ / ~ ~I ~ ao up.. L.J':! /,y~ J ~.J~ ~)w1 r)\..J1 J .)LJI / ~ ":;.r.-A ao .....ilil J ~UI / Praise be to His friend, and prayers and peace upon His prophet. He who trusts in the Lord of the Universe Shaykh Nii~lr, son of Sbaykh MulJammad al-Amin 1214/1799-1800 This is a definitive charter and royal document [issued] in the bandar of Qarri, the divinely guarded and protected, may God Most High exalt her, in the presence of her warden, the son of her warden, the governor at the present time over her and what is in her, the lord of high station, truthful and veracious in word, faithful to his religion and to the subjects, who holds fast to the MuQ.ammadan law, who trusts in the Lord of the Universe, Shaykh Na~ir, son of the late Shaykh MuQ.ammad al-Amin. May God grant him victory. Amen. May the days of his justice be increased and the nights of his good fortune renewed through the influence of MuQ.ammad and his family. Thereafter: The divinely preserved, pious, divinely assisted and victorious Shaykh Na~ir was shown a document from his father Shaykh MuQ.ammad al-Amin, in which is a presently obtaining gift of alms to Faqih MuQ.ammad 324 DOCUMENT 58 al-Faqih al-Sayyid Dolib. This gift of alms is thirty rods in the mirin of the Danaqla on the island in the district in the hands of al-ShUshi. Its location and boundaries are known. Its boundary on the north is Dar Jima', on the south the remainder of the estate, on the east the river, and on the west the known mirin as far as the kurus. Its cubits are eight [per rod]. The said estate, its boundaries known, has become a free gift of alms for the sake of God and His messenger, asking for reward in the life to come, for a day in which neither wealth nor sons suffice, unless one comes to God with a secure heart. It is completely free from all the customary shurur and subul. It is not subject to 'ulUq, kaUqa, qilla, or jilla. The divinely preserved, pious, divinely protected and victorious Shaykh Na~ir has confirmed and ratified what his father Shaykh Mu~ammad al-Amin did for Faqih Mu~ammad. There were present and witnessed to that: Sali~, sid al-qum Bashir, sid al-qum 'Ajib walad Duqays al-Bashir walad al-Na'im, shaykh al-musa'fd Taha walad...