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NOTES ET DOCUMENTS THE STATE ARCHIVES IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC ERA Cl. Cahen's recently published article entitled Notes de diplomatique arabo-musulmane (JAs., t. 251, 1963, p. 3II-325) throws light on the in- adequacy of reports with regard to the character and the treatment of documents of an official, and especially of a politico-diplomatic nature, in the earliest stages of Arab-Muslim history as well as on the relatively uncertain form of the documents from these periods, insofar as such docu- ments are transmitted at all (see in particular loc. cit., p. 314). An important question in this connection seems to be whether, in the earliest stages of Arab-Muslim history, there has actually been something that could come close to the concept of "Archives". If we would have reliable reports on this particular point, the question of the authenticity of the documents and their tenor as transmitted from those periods would at least in principle, be placed in a more positive light. In connection with this last question-i.e., the question of the existence of institutions that had a characteristic resembling that of "Archives"- one ought not to overlook in passing certain isolated references occurring in a context of historical accounts
Arabica – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1968
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