QMI-INS-061 · 244 AH
Inscription of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Nāfiʿ, North-East of Taymāʾ
نقش عبد الله بن محمد نافع، شمال شرق تيماء
North-east of Taymāʾ, Tabūk region, Saudi Arabia
- بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
- الله ولي عبدالله بن محمد
- نافع وكتب يوم الثلاثا
- سنة اربع واربعين ومئتين (سنة)
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. God is the protector of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Nāfiʿ. And [he] wrote [this] on Tuesday, in the year four and forty and two hundred (year).
An inscription from north-east of Taymāʾ placing ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Nāfiʿ under the protection of God, and dated to a Tuesday in 244 AH (858–859 CE). It is the latest dated text in the catalog. The publisher credits the reading to @Alsarem_15.
Source: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-ʿĪdī, post on X, 21 September 2025 (photograph); reading by @Alsarem_15, as credited in the post.