the Prophetic document of Tamim al-Dari

الكتاب النبوي لتميم الداري

The scrap of leather bearing the Prophet ﷺ's grant of Hebron, al-Martum, Bayt Aynun and Bayt Ibrahim to Tamim al-Dari (may God be pleased with him) and his brothers, in bold Kufic; al-Umari saw it with his own eyes in 745 when Nasir al-Din al-Khalili al-Tamimi produced it — kept in a black silk-and-cotton sleeve from the caliph al-Mustadi's own cuff inside an ebony box wrapped in silk, and Umari copied it from al-Mustadi's authenticated transcript noting Ali ibn Abi Talib (may God be pleased with him) wrote it with Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman as witnesses; al-Safadi quotes Abu Bakr al-Arabi who saw it, and al-Qalqashandi records it still in the Tamimis' hands toward 821, produced before the sultan whenever their right was contested ¹.

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Era: The Prophetic Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: Levant & Iraq
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A piece of leather written in Kufic script, bearing the text of a land grant to Tamim al-Dari and his brothers: Hebron, al-Marsum, Bayt Aynun and Bayt Ibrahim. ²

Al-Umari's inspection

Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari examined it himself in 745 AH, when Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn al-Khalili al-Tamimi al-Dari brought it to him. It is kept in a black cloth of cotton and silk, from the sleeve of the caliph al-Mustadi', in an ebony box wrapped in silk. ²

A copy was made from it in the hand of al-Mustadi' himself, and it states that Ali wrote it and that Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman witnessed it. Al-Umari mentions that al-Safadi examined it and recorded it in his Tadhkira. ²

Afterwards

Al-Qalqashandi mentions that it remained in the hands of the Tamimi custodians of the sanctuary of al-Khalil until about 821 AH, who used it as proof against those who disputed with them. ²

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Sources

Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p. 173-175
Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing) , p.173-175

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