The Arabic Papyri/Bilingual Greek- Arabic

The Arabic Papyri ....................................... From the following site.....................................VISIT THE FOLLOWING SITE........................ http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Papyri/..................................... Bilingual Greek- Arabic protocol texts are usually from early years of Islam. This was when Arabic was not yet the "official" language of the state.......................................... PERF No. 558 - One Of The Earliest Bilingual Papyri From 22 AH / 642 CE.................................... The translation of the document is given below. The Arabic part is in italics:.................................. 1. God! In the name of God! I, Emir ‘Abdallah, to you, Christophoros and Theodorakios, Intendants of Herakleopolis! .. 2. For the maintenance of the Sarasins who are with me, I took from you at Heracleopolis 65 sheep, I repeat: sixty-five and .................................. 3. no more, and as an acknowledgement of this fact, we have made the present confirmation. ..................... 4. In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful! This is what have taken ‘Abdallāh, .............. 5. Written by me, Jean, notary and deacon. On the 30th of the month of Pharmouthi of the 1st indiction. Son of Jabir, and his companions-in-arms, as of slaughter sheep at Heracleopolis. We have taken ....................... 6. from a representative of Theodorakios, second son of Apa Kyros, and from a substitute of Christophoros, eldest son of Apa Kyros, fifty sheep as of slaughter sheep ............................. 7. and fifteen other sheep. He gave them, for slaughter, for the crew of his vessels, as well as his cavalry and his breastplated infantry in ................................. 8. the month of Jumādā the first in the year twenty-two. Written by Ibn Ḥadid.............................. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////VISIT ALSO http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Papyri/jerus.html.....................http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Papyri/enlp11.html...........