AIU XII.105
Recto: Six lines from a formal Arabic petition, probably late Fatimid. The second line reveals the name of an official: "...al-salāṭīn khāliṣa amīr al-muʾminīn Asad al-Dīn." The amir Asad al-Dīn was one of the higher-ranking officials during the time of al-ʿĀḍid and was the subordinate of his vizier Shāwar (Ibn Taghrī Burdī, vol.5, pg. 352 and al-Maqrīzī:Ittiʿāẓ, vol.3, pg. 304). He ruled Egypt after him for approximately six months (al-ʿAbbāsī al-Ṣafdī, pg. 127). This document could be dated around 562/1166 during the period of al-ʿĀḍid.
Verso: The upper part of an Arabic letter from a certain [Daniel?] b. Bū l-Majd possibly to his sister (in the upper left corner: "ʿabduhā akhūhā"). The text continues on the margin in oblique lines, one readable phrase is "tawakkal ʿalā l-Allah". Needs further examination.
Editor: Ed. Yusuf Umrethwala and Alan Elbaum, (in Arabic) (2022) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FLBn1CXIFGEP5KFPkdu6Txceu4Yk0KHYLR-7Akn7esM/edit.
