How Documents Were Quoted in InshÄÊ¾ Literature: A Comparison of P.Aragon 145 and Its Quotation by al-QalqashandÄ«

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Chapter 8 How Documents Were Quoted in InshÄÊ¾ Literature: A Comparison of P.Aragon 145 and Its Quotation by al-QalqashandÄ«

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The loss of the premodern state archives in the Arabic world forces researchers, when they want to include documentary sources, to rely on document quotations found in chancery manuals, collections of exemplary letters, and historiographical works. Even though chancery secretaries composed many of these works, we can never know for certain how correct their quotations are. Cases in which the original document is preserved elsewhere in addition to its being quoted in inshÄÊ¾ (composition manual) literature would help us a great deal in determining the actual strategies by which documents were quoted. To date, we know of only one such case: an original MamlÅ«k-Aragonese treaty (of 1293) that is partialy preserved in the Archivo de la Corona de AragÃ³n in Barcelona and completely quoted in al-QalqashandÄ«âs á¹¢ubá¸¥ al-aÊ¿shÃ (Dawn of the Nightblind). A comparison of the two texts shows that al-QalqashandÄ«âs text follows the original very closely but shortens the formulaic parts. Hence we can assume that quotations in inshÄÊ¾ literature can be used as historical sources. Their value for a diplomatic analysis of documents and chancery practices is, in contrast, limited.

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From Qom to Barcelona

Aramaic, South Arabian, Coptic, Arabic and Judeo-Arabic Documents

Series:Â Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 178

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