Arabic Graffito On The Darb Zubayda Caravan Route, 56 AH / 676 CE
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Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu:
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(b)
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Figure: (a) Inscription, (b) copy of the original and (c) its content.
56 AH / 676 CE.
Script
Kufic.
Contents
The translation of the inscription is:
- O Allah grant pardon to Hadya
- bin ‘Alī bin Hinayda, and
- written in the year fifty six [of hijra].
Comments
This inscription was found on the Darb Zubayda caravan route at al-Khashna during an archaeological survey in 1970s.
Location
Al-Khasna, Darb Zubayda, Saudi Arabia.
References
[1] A. H. Sharafaddin, "Some Islamic Inscriptions Discovered On The Darb Zubayda", Atlal (The Journal Of Saudi Arabian Archaeology), 1977, Volume 1, pp. 69-70, Plate 50.
[2] B. Gruendler, The Development Of The Arabic Scripts: From The Nabatean Era To The First Islamic Century According To The Dated Texts, 1993, Harvard Semitic Series No. 43, Scholars Press: Atlanta (GA), p. 154.
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