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THREE PETITIONS OF THE FĀṬIMID PERIOD

THREE PETITIONS OF THE FĀṬIMID PERIOD THREE PETITIONS OF THE FATIMID PERIOD by s. M. Stern Oxford Hellmut Ritter zum 70. Geburtstage Many years have passed since, dipping into the vast stores of Geniza papers 1 in Cambridge and Oxford, I came across a number of documents connected with the working of Fatimid administration. I have announced the discovery, and published one of the documents, on a previous occasion 2; but it is only now that I can offer a substantial study of this material by publishing three representative specimens (discovered as long ago as 1949) and examining them in detail. The documents in question are petitions addressed either to the caliph or (in the case of the third) to the vizier and concern private grievances of the petitioners. After commenting each of the documents in turn, I add an exhaustive study of the diplomatic of the petition in the Fatimid period, a study which will, I think, contribute something to the knowledge of Fatimid administration and may even be considered as instructive in regard to Islamic bureaucratic practice and administration of justice in general. Other documents, complete or fragmentary, are held over for sub­ sequent pUblications (two fragments are discussed in the course of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oriens Brill

THREE PETITIONS OF THE FĀṬIMID PERIOD

Stern, S. M.
Oriens , Volume 15 (1): 38 – Jan 18, 1962
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THREE PETITIONS OF THE FATIMID PERIOD by s. M. Stern Oxford Hellmut Ritter zum 70. Geburtstage Many years have passed since, dipping into the vast stores of Geniza papers 1 in Cambridge and Oxford, I came across a number of documents connected with the working of Fatimid administration. I have announced the discovery, and published one of the documents, on a previous occasion 2; but it is only now that I can offer a substantial study of this material by publishing three representative specimens (discovered as long ago as 1949) and examining them in detail. The documents in question are petitions addressed either to the caliph or (in the case of the third) to the vizier and concern private grievances of the petitioners. After commenting each of the documents in turn, I add an exhaustive study of the diplomatic of the petition in the Fatimid period, a study which will, I think, contribute something to the knowledge of Fatimid administration and may even be considered as instructive in regard to Islamic bureaucratic practice and administration of justice in general. Other documents, complete or fragmentary, are held over for sub­ sequent pUblications (two fragments are discussed in the course of

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Published: Jan 18, 1962

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