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→A Bilingual Umayyad Document From The Year 54 AH / 674 CE
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=== <big>A Bilingual Umayyad Document From The Year 54 AH / 674 CE</big> === | === <big>A Bilingual Umayyad Document From The Year 54 AH / 674 CE</big> === | ||
[[File:Names.jpg|thumb|A Bilingual Umayyad Document where a number of names were written in both Arabic and Greek. The names in Greek lack nunation and final short vowels.]] | |||
This is an Umayyad Note to the people of the city of Neṣṣana demanding that they pay their due of the Jizyah (Tax on non-Muslims). It’s written both in Arabic and Greek. The Greek portion includes the following Arabic names that lacked any case inflection: | This is an Umayyad Note to the people of the city of Neṣṣana demanding that they pay their due of the Jizyah (Tax on non-Muslims). It’s written both in Arabic and Greek. The Greek portion includes the following Arabic names that lacked any case inflection: | ||