Organization of the Delivery of Oil

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In this letter N��jid b. Muslim informs ìAbd All��h b. Asìad that he sent him a symmachos (Ar. samm��k) by the name of Peter to collect what the people of his district owe in oil-taxes. N��jid further instructs ìAbd All��h to send some of his own symmachoi and his k��tib to help Peter with the collection and transportation of the oil. If, however, ìAbd All��h encounters delay, N��jid has instructed Peter to come to him to be assigned some more scribes and symmachoi from ìAbd All��h's colleagues. N��jid orders ìAbd All��h to hurry the completion of his commands and not to obstruct any of them, but to be trustworthy in completing this task, using an unusual expression for part of these otherwise very familiar orders. N��jid closes with a warning not to let Peter cheat ìAbd All��h in any of the taxes presented to him.;The following documents are addressed to the same receipient: P.Mich.Inv. 5558(1); 5629; 5624; 5627; 5578(1); 5558(2); 5578(2); 5578(3); 5578(4); 5578(5); 5578(7); 5578(6); 5613(B); 5625 (A); 5620; 5619; 5613(A); 5632; 5578(9); 5622; 5609; 5621; 5623; 5625(1); 2526(B); 5631; 5578(8).