ورقة ، دفاتر ، مراسيم ، كتب

Evidence

"فأعطوه ورقة ، فأخذها بيده ، فكتب فيها"

Remarks

The document provides historical mentions of paper-based materials in mid-18th century Egypt (Ottoman/Mamluk period). Specifically, it describes a sheet of paper (waraqa) being handed to an individual claiming prophecy in 1147 AH (1734/5 AD), upon which he wrote (p. 252). Other mentions include administrative registers (dafatir) used for recording salaries and official decrees (marasim) (p. 254), as well as books of divination (al-jafur wa-al-zayirajat) and general manuscripts (p. 253, 260). No archaeometric or chemical analysis of these specific papers is present in this historical narrative segment.